Leonardo Mikhail Matyushin's Contribution to Synthetic Art Author(s): Bulat Galeyev Reviewed work(s): Source: Leonardo, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2005), pp. 151-154 Published by: The MIT Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1577795 . Accessed: 15/03/2012 09:27 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. The MIT Press and Leonardo are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Leonardo. http://www.jstor.org HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Mikhail Matyushin's Contribution to Synthetic Art ABSTRACT The authorexplores the Bulat pioneeringideas and experi- Galeyev mentsthat the Russian musician andartist Mikhail Matyushin (1861-1934)contributed to thetheory and practice of syntheticart. Special emphasis is placedon light art, light music andMatyushin's reflections on 7 he great Russian poet Alexander Block wrote For Matyushiln, such a variety of analogiesbetween visual an id at the of the 20th "Russiais a coun- sensations, as wee11 as the to- performanceart and on syr ies- beginning century: young joining thesia.The article adduces and its culture is a culture." One of the gether of both raational and tionaland intuitiveintuite try synthetic leading somenew facts, taken mair nly trends of the time in the synthesis of arts involved the union cognition, woulld lead to "organic fromRussian sources not of music and visual images, primarily abstract painting.