HE DARED TO PAINT THE VOICE - ANDRZEJ PIEŃKOS

Andrzej Pieńkos's book is a fascinating journey through the world of art, where music and painting intertwine in an extraordinary way. The author invites reflection on the relationships between sound and image, showing how these two fields mutually inspire and permeate each other. It is a read for anyone who wants to understand more deeply the paradoxes of art and the essence of modernity.

• Analysis of the relationship between music and visual arts
• Reflections on the alliance of the impossible
• History of the inseparability of music and visual arts
• Attempts to combine image and sound in art
• Paradox of art and the essence of modernity
• Discussion of artistic, social and personal searches

Andrzej Pieńkos, the author of the book, proposes to the reader reflections on the relationships between music and visual arts such as painting, graphics and sculpture. He treats this as a description of an alliance that seems impossible to realize. The history of the inseparability of music and visual arts appears as a sequence of unattainable connections, and at the same time constantly undertaken attempts, which intensify especially in the period of Romanticism, and especially at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The author avoids a clear answer to the question of whether the attempts of great European artists described in the book were unsuccessful. He points out that paradoxically, it was the creative effort that led to the disclosure of the impossibility of combining image and sound. Andrzej Pieńkos discusses the artists' searches, their artistic, social and personal circumstances, which allows us to better understand the paradox of art, and perhaps also the essence of modernity.

Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, which published this book, are known for publishing valuable and scientific works. This book is an excellent example of their mission to promote knowledge and culture. This publication will certainly interest people associated with art, music and cultural history. The format of the book is 240x171 mm, it has 148 pages and a paperback cover. The year of publication is 2024.