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Color Forms, Sounds & Motion: Chapters 6–7 - Kupka and Bely
1media/Белый, Линия жизни, 266_1.jpg2018-10-04T02:30:09-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c3146956image_header8577712024-12-10T12:15:42-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cKey Image: Andrei Bely, “Life Line,” 1927. Source: Andrei Bely Memorial Museum, Moscow.
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1media/DH 6.1. Kupka, Portrait of a Woman-2008.11.14_thumb.jpg2024-12-06T21:11:37-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.1. František Kupka, "Untitled (Portrait of a Woman)," 18974Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (64.1 × 48.9 cm), Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohiomedia/DH 6.1. Kupka, Portrait of a Woman-2008.11.14.jpgplain2024-12-06T21:33:57-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/Kupka_Show_Girl_IMG_3215_1_thumb.JPEG2024-12-05T19:17:45-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.2. František Kupka, "Show Girl," 19003Pastel on paper, 16 5/16 x 20 in. (41.5 × 50.8 cm), Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohiomedia/Kupka_Show_Girl_IMG_3215_1.JPEGplain2024-12-06T21:32:01-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/Cabaret Dancer_thumb.jpg2024-12-05T14:41:30-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.2a. Kupka, "Cabaret Dancer,"3Museum Kampa. Photo by the authormedia/Cabaret Dancer.jpgplain2024-12-06T20:52:19-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/IMG_6686 1_thumb.JPG2024-12-05T19:28:43-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.3. František Kupka, “Amorpha: Fugue in Two Colors II," 1910-114Oil on Canvas, 129.5 × 84.8 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art. Photo by the author, Kupka, Pioneer of Abstraction, Grand Palais, Paris 2018media/IMG_6686 1.JPGplain2024-12-06T22:02:07-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/IMG_6684 1_thumb.JPG2024-12-05T19:33:50-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.4. František Kupka, “Disks of Newton (Study for “Fugue in Two Colors"), 19123Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 73.7cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo by the author, Kupka, Pioneer of Abstraction, Grand Palais, Paris 2018media/IMG_6684 1.JPGplain2024-12-06T22:02:25-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/DH_Kupka_Disk_IMG_6682_thumb.JPEG2024-12-06T19:57:11-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.4a. František Kupka, “Disks of Newton (Study for “Fugue in Two Colors"), 1911-122Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 73.7cm, Centre Pompidou. Photo by the author, Kupka, Pioneer of Abstraction, Grand Palais, Paris 2018media/DH_Kupka_Disk_IMG_6682.JPEGplain2024-12-06T22:02:59-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/Screenshot 2024-12-06 at 10.53.05 PM_thumb.png2024-12-06T21:56:52-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.5a. František Kupka, Diagram I of "Les disques de Newton"3"Les Création dans les arts plastiques," [1923], 1989, p. 156media/Screenshot 2024-12-06 at 10.53.05 PM.pngplain2024-12-06T22:04:14-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/Screenshot 2024-12-06 at 10.54.00 PM_thumb.png2024-12-06T21:59:06-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.5b. František Kupka, Diagram II of "Les disques de Newton"3František Kupka, "La Création dans les arts plastiques," [1923], 1989, p. 157media/Screenshot 2024-12-06 at 10.54.00 PM.pngplain2024-12-08T12:33:33-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/2008.11.7-2_thumb.jpeg2024-12-06T21:19:43-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.6. František Kupka, "Chopin," n.d.3Pen and ink and gouache on board, 10 11/16 × 14 13/16 in. (27.2 × 37.7 cm), Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohiomedia/2008.11.7-2.jpegplain2024-12-06T21:29:28-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/IMG_1179_thumb.jpeg2024-12-06T19:38:37-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.7. František Kupka, “Piano Keys—Lake,” 19095Oil on canvas, 79.1 x 72.1 cm, National Gallery Prague. Photo by the author, Kupka, Pioneer of Abstraction, Grand Palais, Paris 2018media/IMG_1179.jpegplain2024-12-06T20:03:57-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/Kupka_Verticals_IMG_6721_1_1_thumb.jpg2024-12-05T22:26:46-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.8. František Kupka, “Vertical Planes I,” 19121Oil on canvas, 150 x 94 cm, Centre Pompidou. Photo by the author, Kupka, Pioneer of Abstraction, Grand Palais, Paris 2018media/Kupka_Verticals_IMG_6721_1_1.jpgplain2024-12-05T22:26:47-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/Kupka_Yellow_IMG_0882_thumb.JPG2024-12-05T14:39:13-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.9b. František Kupka, "The Form of Yellow," 1919-233Museum Kampa. Photo by the authormedia/Kupka_Yellow_IMG_0882.JPGplain2024-12-06T13:02:40-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/Yellow_Scale_IMG_6638_thumb.JPEG2024-12-05T22:45:39-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.10a. František Kupka, “The Yellow Scale,” 19072Oil on canvas, Centre Pompidou. Photo by the author, Kupka, Pioneer of Abstraction, Grand Palais, Paris 2018media/Yellow_Scale_IMG_6638.JPEGplain2024-12-06T12:53:25-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12024-12-05T11:00:51-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.10b. František Kupka, “The Yellow Scale,” ca 19077Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houstonplain2024-12-05T22:33:05-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12024-12-05T14:23:56-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.11. František Kupka, Forms of Orange, 1919-19235plain2024-12-05T14:27:59-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/DH_Kuppka_VermillionIMG_6766_thumb.JPEG2024-12-06T15:12:57-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.12. František Kupka, “The Form of Vermillion,” 19231Photo by the authormedia/DH_Kuppka_VermillionIMG_6766.JPEGplain2024-12-06T15:12:57-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/Kupka_Blue_IMG_6767_1_1_thumb.jpg2024-12-06T15:11:24-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.13. František Kupka, “Form of Blue B I,” 19242media/Kupka_Blue_IMG_6767_1_1.jpgplain2024-12-06T15:16:39-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12024-12-05T18:34:11-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.14. František Kupka, "Cosmic Spring I," 1913-1412plain2024-12-05T18:52:36-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/DH 6.16. Kupka, Plans Cosmic, 2008.11.6_thumb.jpg2024-12-06T21:42:54-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 6.16. František Kupka, “Plans Cosmiques,” 1913-141Watercolor and gouache on paper float, 18 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (47 × 31.1 cm), Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohiomedia/DH 6.16. Kupka, Plans Cosmic, 2008.11.6.jpgplain2024-12-06T21:42:54-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12024-12-05T14:33:30-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cKupka Media Gallery10gallery2024-12-06T21:49:42-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/Kupka_Plans_par_couleurs_31748271551_860446fe0f_o.jpg2024-12-06T11:56:58-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cKupka at Centre Pompidou7image_header15737742024-12-06T22:30:53-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12024-12-06T11:50:55-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cKupka at the Guggenheim6plain15737742024-12-06T22:31:10-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/DH 7.1. Bely_Symbol_Embodied_thumb.jpeg2024-12-09T16:50:48-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 7.1. Andrei Bely, “The Symbol Embodied,” triangular diagram from “The Emblematics of Meaning,” 19092Andrei Bely, “The Emblematics of Meaning,” translated by Steven Cassedy (Berkeley: UC Press, 1985), p. 145. For the original, see https://tinyurl.com/5t3b22k6.media/DH 7.1. Bely_Symbol_Embodied.jpegplain2024-12-09T16:51:09-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/IMG_0396_thumb.jpeg2024-12-09T16:57:07-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 7.2a. Andrei Bely, Anthroposophical Hexagram Drawing, 1917-211Drawing from anthroposophical lecture notes, Andrei Bely, “Lektsionnye skhemy,” 1917–20, fond no. 53, opis’ no. 1, ed. khr. 86. 34 / N. 2640–2649, RGALI (Russian State Archive of Literature and Art), Moscow. Photo by the authormedia/IMG_0396.jpegplain2024-12-09T16:57:08-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/DH 7.2a. Bely_Hexagram_thumb.jpeg2024-12-09T16:59:30-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 7.2b. Andrei Bely, Anthroposophical Hexagram Drawing, Small Figure and Face, 1917-211Drawing from anthroposophical lecture notes, Andrei Bely, “Lektsionnye skhemy,” 1917–20, fond no. 53, opis’ no. 1, ed. khr. 86. 34 / N. 2640–2649, RGALI (Russian State Archive of Literature and Art), Moscow. Photo collage reconstruction by the authormedia/DH 7.2a. Bely_Hexagram.jpegplain2024-12-09T16:59:30-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/DH 7.3. Angel_A. Belyj_B53 copy_thumb.jpeg2024-12-09T17:18:59-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 7.3. Andrei Bely, “Angel,” meditation drawing on Angeloi (angels), ca 1913-142Gouache on notebook paper, 36.7 × 44.5 cm. Rudolf Steiner Archive, Dornach, Switzerland, RSA III Belyj.A. B53.media/DH 7.3. Angel_A. Belyj_B53 copy.jpegplain2024-12-09T17:24:44-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/DH 7.4. Bely, Glossolalia, SKM_458e23033119460 copy_thumb.jpeg2024-12-09T16:10:23-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 7.4. Andrei Bely, “Forces t (Flower),” ill. 12, 1917-221Andrei Bely, “Glossolalia,” p. 110media/DH 7.4. Bely, Glossolalia, SKM_458e23033119460 copy.jpegplain2024-12-09T16:10:23-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/DH 7.5a. Bely_Tongue_1_SKM_458e23033119250(1) copy_thumb.jpeg2024-12-09T16:05:33-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 7.5a. Andrei Bely, “Tongue as Dancer,” ill. 1, 1917-221Andrei Bely, “Glossolalia,” p. 10media/DH 7.5a. Bely_Tongue_1_SKM_458e23033119250(1) copy.jpegplain2024-12-09T16:05:34-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/DH 7.5b. Bely_Tongue_2_SKM_458e23033119250(1)_thumb.jpeg2024-12-09T16:07:42-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 7.5b. Andrei Bely, “Tongue as Dancer,” ill. 2, 1917-221Andrei Bely, “Glossolalia,” p. 11media/DH 7.5b. Bely_Tongue_2_SKM_458e23033119250(1).jpegplain2024-12-09T16:07:42-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12024-12-09T17:39:27-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 7.6. Andrei Bely, Sound Personification of the Cosmic Inexpressible “Θ” as Shishnarfne11Andrei Bely’s representations of the cosmic inexpressible theta “Θ” or “ch-shth-ph”, “Glossolalia,” 1917-22, p. 104plain2024-12-09T19:56:52-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
1media/130313110958-daniel-tammet-pi-painting_thumb.jpg2024-12-09T17:14:28-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cDH 7.7. Daniel Tammet, “Pi Landscape,” 20041Daniel Tammet painted this picture of how he sees the first 20 digits of pi. He set the European record for memorizing and reciting digits in 2004. At age 25, he recited 22,514 digits of pi from memory. See also http://www.danieltammet.net/artwork.php.media/130313110958-daniel-tammet-pi-painting.jpgplain2024-12-09T17:14:28-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12018-10-04T03:50:47-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cAlfred Schnittke, “Yellow Sound,” 1974 (1/3)4Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998): Yellow Sound, stage composition for pantomime, instrumental ensemble, soprano and mixed chorus, after Vassily Kandinsky ...plain2024-12-10T01:09:08-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12018-10-04T03:36:08-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cScriabin, “Prometheus: The Poem of Fire,” 1909-10. Click on the Annotation Button for Music Examples 7-9.4In February 2010, Anna Gawboy, a doctoral candidate at the Yale School of Music and scholar of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, attempted to realize Scriabin’s dreams in her production of “Prometheus” with colored lights.full2024-12-10T11:48:45-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12018-10-04T03:43:21-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cAlfred Schnittke, “Yellow Sound,” 1974/19844Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), “Yellow Sound” (“Der gelbe Klang»), a stage composition for pantomime, instrumental ensemble, soprano and mixed chorus by Wassily Kandinsky. In the USSR, the first performance with Schnittke’s music took place Tchaikovsky Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on January 6, 1984.plain2024-12-10T11:51:56-08:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12018-10-04T04:31:20-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cWassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 27 ("Garden of Love II"), 19123Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II), oil on canvas, 1912media/Kandinsky_Improvisation27-reduced.jpgplain2019-06-07T01:48:23-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12018-10-04T03:39:54-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cArnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Die Gluckliche Hand (full)1Robert Craft: Conductor. The Simon Joly Chorus. Philarmonia Orchestra. Koch International Classics. 2001.plain2018-10-04T03:39:54-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c
12018-10-04T03:43:19-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1cMussorgsky Kandinsky1Video-Remake der Bühneninszenierung von "Bilder einer Ausstellung", die Kandinsky 1928 in Dessau realisierte. Die originalen Entwürfe für die ...plain2018-10-04T03:43:19-07:00Polina Dimovae3cc21567714201b2dd4d0a2c7acf46b8dd6ea1c