Abstract Looking at the history of synaesthesia, and especially of coloured hearing in the late nineteenth century, there is a remarkable coincidence between the beginning of the scientific study of the phenomenon and the aesthetic interest in it. Nevertheless, scientific research on synaesthesia and literary, musical, or artistic realizations are usually seen as based on opposite models: whereas in nineteenth-century physiology the senses were conceived of as distinct spheres of activity, aesthetic theory and practice are said to celebrate the harmony and the unity of the senses. This article offers a different perspective on the historical interrelation between physiology and aesthetics by demonstrating the common ground of scientific and artistic reference to synaesthesia.

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元音的颜色：生理和美学上的联觉，1850-1900年

摘要纵观联觉的历史，尤其是19世纪后期的彩色听力，科学研究这一现象的开始与对其的审美趣味之间有着明显的巧合。然而，通感的科学研究和文学，音乐或艺术的实现通常被认为是基于相反的模型：而在19世纪的生理学中，感觉被认为是不同的活动领域，据说美学理论和实践可以庆祝和谐。和感官的统一 本文通过展示通感的科学和艺术参考的共同基础，对生理学和美学之间的历史相互关系提供了不同的观点。