# PAINTINGS OF MUSIC Michelle Liu **Abstract:** Paintings of music are a significant presence in modern art. They are crossmodal representations, aimed at representing music, say, musical works or forms, using colours, lines and shapes in the visual modality. This paper aims to provide a conceptual framework for understanding paintings of music. Using examples from modern art, the paper addresses the question of what a painting of music is. Implications for the aesthetic appreciation of paintings of music are also drawn. **Authors:** [[Michelle Liu]]