Nanopublication — Chromesthetic Translation — Bb Major / D Bass Voicing (AQC0890)

Claim 1: Chromesthetic Translation — Bb Major / D Bass Voicing (AQC0890)
I translate the Bb major [1] chord in first inversion — D4, F5, Bb5, F5, D7 — into a spread visual composition. The bass D anchors the lower left in orange; the mid-register F and Bb open across the center as red-violet and orchid; the upper D dissolves into near-white at the top. The voicing's vertical spread becomes spatial distribution across the paper.
Context
This small acrylic study (10.5×15 cm) is a direct chromesthetic translation of a Bb major chord in first inversion. The voicing — D4, F5, Bb5, F5, D7 — is spread across three octaves, and this vertical register span is rendered as spatial distribution across the picture plane. D in the bass (orange) sits low and left; F and Bb in the mid-register (red-violet, orchid) occupy the center; the upper D (near-white) lightens toward the top. Register-to-brightness encoding is operative throughout: the lowest note is the darkest, the highest the lightest.
This work belongs to the Research on Harmony sub-series within Synesthetic [4] Explorations — études focused directly on the structural character of individual chords and voicings, without compositional elaboration. The painting makes no claim beyond the translation itself.
References
[1] Arnaud Quercy (2025). Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 7 — Catalog raisonné. https://arnaudquercy.art/en/catalogue-raisonne/AQC0890.html
[2] Quercy, A. — ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2662-7790
[3] Quercy, A. (2025). Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 7 — Artwork catalog. https://artquamanima.com/en/artworks/2025/11/bb-major-research-on-harmony-variations-7_i6q.html
[4] Quercy, A. (2025). Synesthetic Explorations — Collection. https://artquamanima.com/en/artworks/2025/11/bb-major-research-on-harmony-variations-7_i6q.html
[5] Quercy, A. Circle of Fifths → Color Wheel Mapping — Chromesthetic Reference. Multimodal Institute. https://multimodal.institute
Where this work lives
- Series: Bb Major
- Collection: Synesthetic Explorations
- Technique: Acrylic
Exhibitions
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose 2025–2026, Paris (2025-12-26 → 2026-01-04, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
Other works in this series
- Bb Major - Reflexions 1
- Bb Major - Research on Harmony
- Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 1
- Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 3
- Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 2
- Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 4
- Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 5
- Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 6
- Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 8
- Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 9
Documented at
- Catalogue Raisonné — Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 7 — Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 7 — Chromesthetic Translation — Arnaud Quercy (2025)
- Gallery — Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 7
- Nanopublication — Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 7 — Digital Image Documentation - aqc0890_img_full_1891x2837_webp
- Nanopublication — Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 7 — Physical Specifications
- Nanopublication — Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 7 — Computational Image Analysis - AQC0890
Thematic Elements
Epistemic profile
| Claim type | artistic statement |
|---|---|
| Voice | first person |
| Epistemic status | practitioner attestation |
| Methodology | chromesthetic translation |
| Certainty | high |
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