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Imagining Kandinsky’s theories as a synesthetic iPhone app

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2015
Summary:
Wassily Kandinsky wrote Über das Geistige in der Kunst, in 1912, and was translated from German into English by Michael Sadler. Naming it at first, “The Art of Spiritual Harmony” in 1914 it is known as, Concerning the Spiritual in Art. He wrote color and music theories based on angles, synesthetic experiences, subjective instincts, chromotherapy, and shapes. Kandinsky’s theories are worth continuing to research and bring forth into the new generation of technology where we can see music as numerical expressions. The goal of this iPhone Application is to teach users the relationship between color and music based on Kandinsky’s theories.
Title: Imagining Kandinsky’s theories as a synesthetic iPhone app.
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Name(s): Torlen, Anna, author
Bargsten, Joey, Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 2015
Date Issued: 2015
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 50 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Wassily Kandinsky wrote Über das Geistige in der Kunst, in 1912, and was translated from German into English by Michael Sadler. Naming it at first, “The Art of Spiritual Harmony” in 1914 it is known as, Concerning the Spiritual in Art. He wrote color and music theories based on angles, synesthetic experiences, subjective instincts, chromotherapy, and shapes. Kandinsky’s theories are worth continuing to research and bring forth into the new generation of technology where we can see music as numerical expressions. The goal of this iPhone Application is to teach users the relationship between color and music based on Kandinsky’s theories.
Identifier: FA00004414 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Includes bibliography.
Subject(s): Art and music
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Psychological aspects
Blaue Reiter (Group of artists)
Computer art -- Technique
Expressionism (Art) -- 20th century
Kandinsky, Wassily -- 1866-1944 -- Concerning the spiritual in art -- Criticism and interpretation
Kandinsky, Wassily -- 1866-1944 -- Influence
Spirituality in art
iPhone (Smartphone) -- Mobile apps
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Sublocation: Digital Library
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