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John Harvey McCracken (December 9, 1934 – April 8, 2011) [1] was an American minimalist visual artist. He lived and worked in Los Angeles, Santa Fe, New Mexico , and New York. Education and teaching
The phrase synesthesia in art has historically referred to a wide variety of artists' experiments that have explored the co-operation of the senses (e.g. seeing and hearing; the word synesthesia is from the Ancient Greek σύν (syn), "together," and αἴσθησις (aisthēsis), "sensation") in the genres of visual music, music visualization, audiovisual art, abstract film, and intermedia ...
John McCracken may refer to: John McCracken (artist) (1934–2011), American minimalist artist John McCracken (historian) (1938–2017), Scottish historian and Africanist
Synesthesia as Romantic ideal: in which the condition illustrates the Romantic ideal of transcending one's experience of the world. Books in this category include The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov. Synesthesia as pathology: in which the trait is pathological. Books in this category include The Whole World Over by Julia Glass.
Artist [20] [21] Marina Diamandis: Multiple b. 1985 United Kingdom Singer-songwriter [22] [23] Patricia Lynne Duffy: Unspecified b. 1952 United States Author Wrote Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens, the first book by a synesthete about synesthesia. Co-founded the American Synesthesia Association. [24] Mary J. Blige: Sound to colour b. 1971 ...
McCracken is influenced by the Flemish Baroque school of still life where meticulous attention is paid to detail. These works of art are centered around compositions of flowers, eating utensils in the style and manner of the ontbijtje of "little breakfast", while these Flemish works were of a style of Vanitas, [7] McCraken's work is not philosophical in the sense that the subject is meant to ...
Philip "Phil" McCracken (November 14, 1928 – June 6, 2021) was an American visual artist, who worked mainly in sculpture. Born in Bellingham, Washington , he graduated from the University of Washington in 1953, [ 1 ] having interrupted his studies to serve as an army reservist for the Korean War . [ 2 ]
Rimbaud, following Baudelaire, wrote Voyelles (1871) (full text available here) which was perhaps more important than Correspondances in popularizing synesthesia. Numerous other composers, artists and writers followed suit, making synesthesia well known among the artistic community of the day.