Introducing the concept of music and painting as 'rival sisters' during the nineteenth century, this interdisciplinary collection explores the productive exchange - from rivalry to inspiration to collaboration - between the two media in the age of Romanticism and Modernism. The volume traces the relationship between art and music. 'An elegant collection of essays written with breadth and insight on the intersections of music and painting in modernism.' Lydia Goehr, Columbia University, USA 'At once historically grounded and theoretically sophisticated, this book offers new approaches to modernism's paradigmatic "rival sisters".' Juliet Bellow, American University, USA and author of Modernism on Stage "An increasing number of scholarly studies have explored the interrelations of music and the visual arts during the nineteenth century...Among the best of recent books on this topic is this collection of essays edited by James H. Rubin and Olivia Mattis." Peter L. Schmunk, Wofford College, USA,H-France Review