Concerning the Spiritual in ArtA pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this book is one of the most important documents in the history of modern art. Written by the famous nonobjective painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866?1944), it explains Kandinsky's own theory of painting and crystallizes the ideas that were influencing many other modern artists of the period. Along with his own groundbreaking paintings, this book had a tremendous impact on the development of modern art. |
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User Review - sam_blanch - LibraryThingKandinsky makes a very strong case for internally motivated art. I was interested in the shapes and symbols he aligned his analysis - of humanity, religion and what he considers a more broad ... Read full review
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Contents
Introduction | xxv |
The Movement of the Triangle | 6 |
Spiritual Revolution | 10 |
The Pyramid | 19 |
ABOUT PAINTING | 21 |
The Psychological Working of Colour | 23 |
The Language of Form and Colour | 27 |
Theory | 46 |
Art and Artists | 53 |
Conclusion | 56 |