Sunday, June 7, 2009

delicate and dreamlike: mikalojus konstantinas čiurlionis

mano kelias II
triptychs: my road - 1907

ziema I
winter: cycle of eight pictures - 1906-7

ziema V
winter: cycle of eight pictures - 1906-7

ziema VI
winter: cycle of eight pictures - 1906-7

tyla - 1905

fuga
(musical painting - other preludes and fugues)

ziema - 1907

sonata of the spring
pavasario sonata - allegro
(musical painting) - 1907

pavasaris II
spring: four pictures - 1907-8

aquarius
the zodiac: cycle of twelve pictures - 1907

virgo
the zodiac: cycle of twelve pictures - 1907

libra
the zodiac: cycle of twelve pictures - 1907


this is a small preamble to another very soon forthcoming... long awaited...

(many thanks to matt marble for introducing me to the fine wonders of mikalojus konstantinas čiurlionis, both in the realms of painting and music...)


10 comments:

J.M. said...

listening to the music now -- really gorgeous, especially the two symphonic poems...

heartening to know that there's always new music out there to discover

gossamer said...

thank you, j ~
i'm glad you're enjoying the compositions...
it is surprising how much beautiful music is out there to discover... always seems that i find something new to my ears, whether it has been around forever or not...

Alone and Perfect said...

This is such a beautiful site. I don't know what I would do without it.

gossamer said...

thanks for the very kind words...

the viewer said...

pensive, contemplative, like many of J M W Turner's watercolors. would love to try the music, though neither of the links are working, will try again. thanks for this post!

gossamer said...

hi, yes, thanks... the website seemed to be down for a while but the links should be working at least for now.

Will said...

Note to self: uncover all synesthetes.

I can't wait to listen to the music too. Thanks so much.

(Couldn't help myself from favoriting all of them on your flickr and Matt Marble's.)

gossamer said...

will,
when you do uncover all synesthetes, please let me know ! or at least post them on your blog. i'd love to see your finds...

Anonymous said...

I'm in a parallel universe to 'alone and perfect': beautiful was my word too for this website.

gossamer said...

* very kindly received, thanks !