The World as We Perceive It
(The difference between art and reality)

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The Gong on the Hook and Ladder Truck ,1911
 

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context		 Musical Art
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The Great Figure 1921

  Among the rain
  and lights
  I saw the figure 5
  in gold
  on a red
  fire truck
  moving
  tense
  unheeded
  to gong clangs
  siren howls
  and wheels rumbling
  through the dark city

      -- William Carlos Williams
Charles Demuth 1883-1963
The Figure 5 in Gold, 1928

synesthasia
Visual Art
Formal Elements
color 
texture
lines
light
shape
composition
     symmetrical
     asymmetrical

Meaning
iconography

context		 Musical Art
Formal Elements
medium/tone color
texture
rhythm
tempo
dynamic contrast/light and shadow
melody
     symmetrical
     asymmetrical

Meaning
conclusion