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From Cave Paintings to VisualMusic: A Reflection on the Continuity of Human Creative Expression (2026)

Authors: Maltagliati, Sergio;

From Cave Paintings to VisualMusic: A Reflection on the Continuity of Human Creative Expression (2026)

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A Reflection on the Continuity of Human Creative Expression by Sergio Maltagliati 🇬🇧 From Cave Paintings to VisualMusic is a bilingual essay exploring the continuity of human creativity from prehistoric cave paintings to contemporary VisualMusic, generative art, and intermedia practices. 🖐️ From the earliest symbolic images painted on cave walls to today's digital and algorithmic environments, human beings have continuously transformed perception, memory, imagination, and experience into shared symbolic forms. 🎨 The publication examines the development of symbolic thought, the emergence of Visual Music, and the relationships between image, sound, technology, and imagination. 🎼 Historical references include prehistoric art, Wassily Kandinsky, John Cage, Pietro Grossi, Sylvano Bussotti, and Giuseppe Chiari, whose work contributed to expanding the dialogue between music, image, performance, and technology. 💻 The essay also contextualizes the artistic research of Sergio Maltagliati within the fields of VisualMusic, generative art, net art, and contemporary intermedia practices. 📚 Rather than proposing a direct continuity between prehistoric and contemporary artworks, the text reflects on a broader human capacity: the transformation of experience into shared symbolic forms. 🇮🇹 Dalle Pitture Rupestri alla VisualMusic è un saggio bilingue che esplora la continuità della creatività umana dalle pitture rupestri preistoriche fino alla VisualMusic, all'arte generativa e alle pratiche intermediali contemporanee. 🖐️ Dalle prime immagini simboliche dipinte sulle pareti delle caverne fino agli ambienti digitali e algoritmici contemporanei, l'essere umano ha continuamente trasformato percezione, memoria, immaginazione ed esperienza in forme simboliche condivisibili. 🎨 La pubblicazione affronta lo sviluppo del pensiero simbolico, la nascita della Visual Music e le relazioni tra immagine, suono, tecnologia e immaginazione. 🎼 Tra i riferimenti storici figurano l'arte preistorica, Wassily Kandinsky, John Cage, Pietro Grossi, Sylvano Bussotti e Giuseppe Chiari, figure che hanno contribuito ad ampliare il dialogo tra musica, immagine, performance e tecnologia. 💻 Il saggio contestualizza inoltre la ricerca artistica di Sergio Maltagliati nell'ambito della VisualMusic, dell'arte generativa, della net art e delle pratiche intermediali contemporanee. 📚 Più che proporre una continuità diretta tra opere preistoriche e opere contemporanee, il testo riflette su una più ampia capacità umana: trasformare l'esperienza in forme simboliche condivise. 🏛️ Affiliation / Affiliazione Accademia delle Arti del DisegnoClasse di Musica e Arti dello SpettacoloFlorence / Firenze, Italy 📄 Languages / Lingue: Italiano – English © Sergio Maltagliati, 2026 🔓 License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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Digital Art, Pietro Grossi, Contemporary Art, Sergio Maltagliati, Sound Art, Human Creativity, VisualMusic, Wassily Kandinsky, Giuseppe Chiari, Art History, Symbolic Thought, John Cage, Sylvano Bussotti, Intermedia, Media Art, Generative Art, Cave Paintings

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