Untwisting the Serpent: Modernism in Music, Literature, and Other Arts
- 作者
- 出版社 University Of Chicago Press
- 出版时间 1999年5月
- ISBN 9780226012544
内容简介
Fromitsdissonantmusicstoitssurrealistspectacles(theurinalisaviolin!),Modernistartoftenseemstogivemorefrustrationthanpleasuretoitsaudience.InUntwistingtheSerpent,DanielAlbrightshowsthatthisperceptionarisespartlybecauseweusuallyconsidereachartforminisolation,eventhoughmanyofthemostimportantartisticexperimentsoftheModernistswerecollaborationsinvolvingseveralmedia--IgorStravinsky\'sTheRiteofSpringisaballet,GertrudeStein\'sFourSaintsinThreeActsisanopera,andPabloPicassoturnedhiscubistpaintingsintocostumesforParade.Focusingoncollaborationswithamusicalcomponent,Albrightviewstheseworksaseitherfiguresofdissonancethattrytoretainthedistinctnessoftheirvariousmedia(e.g.GuillaumeApollinaire\'sLesMamellesdeTirésias)orfiguresofconsonancethattrytolosethemselvesinsometotaleffect(e.g.ArnoldSchoenberg\'sErwartung).InsodoingheoffersafreshpictureofModernism,andprovidesacompellingmodelfortheanalysisofallartisticcollaborations.UntwistingtheSerpentistherecipientofthe2001SusanneM.GlasscockHumanitiesBookPrizeforInterdisciplinaryScholarshipoftheCenterforHumanitiesResearchatTexasA&MUniversity.,Fromitsdissonantmusicstoitssurrealistspectacles(theurinalisaviolin!),Modernistartoftenseemstogivemorefrustrationthanpleasuretoitsaudience.InUntwistingtheSerpent,DanielAlbrightshowsthatthisperceptionarisespartlybecauseweusuallyconsidereachartforminisolation,eventhoughmanyofthemostimportantartisticexperimentsoftheModernistswerecollaborationsinvolvingseveralmedia?IgorStravinsky\'sTheRiteofSpringisaballet,GertrudeStein\'sFourSaintsinThreeActsisanopera,andPabloPicassoturnedhiscubistpaintingsintocostumesforParade.Focusingoncollaborationswithamusicalcomponent,Albrightviewstheseworksaseitherfiguresofdissonancethattrytoretainthedistinctnessoftheirvariousmedia(e.g.GuillaumeApollinaire\'sLesMamellesdeTirésias)orfiguresofconsonancethattrytolosethemselvesinsometotaleffect(e.g.ArnoldSchoenberg\'sErwartung).InsodoingheoffersafreshpictureofModernism,andprovidesacompellingmodelfortheanalysisofallartisticcollaborations.UntwistingtheSerpentistherecipientofthe2001SusanneM.GlasscockHumanitiesBookPrizeforInterdisciplinaryScholarshipoftheCenterforHumanitiesResearchatTexasA&MUniversity.,
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