Masters of Art: KandinskyCollects 40 colorplate reproductions of Kandinsky's major works, each accompanied by commentary. Meser (Director Emeritus of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, NY) has selected from major museum collections notable paintings from every period of the artist's long and varied career. In an introductory essay, he discusses Kandinsky's highly original contributions to aesthetic theory. The oversize (9.5x 12.5") volume also contains a selection of documentary photographs of Kandinsky and his associates and a number of supplementary bandw reproductions of his artwork. The series note appears only in the CiP record, not in the book. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 41
... geometric base has become eroded through increasingly insistent admixtures of hitherto unused forms . It is as if the artist , less restrictive and wiser now , came to allow himself greater leeway in the choice of pictorial means . It ...
... geometric base has become eroded through increasingly insistent admixtures of hitherto unused forms . It is as if the artist , less restrictive and wiser now , came to allow himself greater leeway in the choice of pictorial means . It ...
Page 106
... geometric elements triangles , circles , and semicircles , regular and irregular squares , half - crescents , and single , parallel , and crossing lines and bars- float in free but measured interplay , in and on an animated space . What ...
... geometric elements triangles , circles , and semicircles , regular and irregular squares , half - crescents , and single , parallel , and crossing lines and bars- float in free but measured interplay , in and on an animated space . What ...
Page 124
... geometric and biomorphic planes that appear to participate in the action . Circular , rectangular , and organic shapes float between the two protagonists as well as behind them , as if they were the object of negotiations . A grave ...
... geometric and biomorphic planes that appear to participate in the action . Circular , rectangular , and organic shapes float between the two protagonists as well as behind them , as if they were the object of negotiations . A grave ...
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