As a sequel to Phaidon's "That Divine Order", published in 2005, which surveyed the relationship between music and the visual arts from ancient times until the mid-eighteenth century, "The Music of Painting" continues this fascinating study in the period covering the emergence and development of Modernism, c.1850-1950. Composers and artists repeatedly borrowed from one another, yet their motives have seldom been explored. Professor Peter Vergo in this volume provides a broad analysis of changes in the character of the analogies drawn at different times, using in his analysis critical and philosophical sources as well as evidence about artistic and musical practice. Music has inspired som...