Concerning the Spiritual in Art (eBook)

Wassily Kandinsky (Autor)

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2012
96 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-13248-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. 12 illustrations.

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A 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.Kandinsky's ideas are presented in two parts. The first part, called "About General Aesthetic," issues a call for a spiritual revolution in painting that will let artists express their own inner lives in abstract, non-material terms. Just as musicians do not depend upon the material world for their music, so artists should not have to depend upon the material world for their art. In the second part, "About Painting," Kandinsky discusses the psychology of colors, the language of form and color, and the responsibilities of the artist. An Introduction by the translator, Michael T. H. Sadler, offers additional explanation of Kandinsky's art and theories, while a new Preface by Richard Stratton discusses Kandinsky's career as a whole and the impact of the book. Making the book even more valuable are nine woodcuts by Kandinsky himself that appear at the chapter headings.This English translation of Über das Geistige in der Kunst was a significant contribution to the understanding of nonobjectivism in art. It continues to be a stimulating and necessary reading experience for every artist, art student, and art patron concerned with the direction of 20th-century painting.

Inhalt

Translator's IntroductionPart I. ABOUT GENERAL AESTHETICI. IntroductionII. The Movement of the TriangleIII. Spiritual RevolutionIV. The PyramidPart II. ABOUT PAINTINGV. The Psychological Working of ColourVI. The Language of Form and ColourVII. TheoryVIII. Art and ArtistsIX. Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.4.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Schlagworte: 54-55 • Abandonment • abstract art • abstracted • Abstraction • abstractions • abstract paintings • Aesthetic • art depends • art history teacher • Artist • artist creates • artistic power • art lovers • art movement • art schools • art's sake • art students • art theory • Avant Garde • Bauhaus • Blavatsky • books on abstract paintings • books on artistic powers • books on art schools • books on art theories • books on century masters • books on contemporary arts • books on fresh hopes • books on inner meanings • books on inner sources • books on inner spirits • books on inner values • books on landscape studies • books on spiritual atmospheres • books on spiritual progresses • books on spiritual revolutions • books on takes effects • books on understand arts • Career • century master • Cezanne • Color • Color theory • color wheel • Composition • contemporaries • contemporary Art • cosmic consciousness • crass materialism • Cubism • culture produces • Deconstructive • dualistic • epoch • Evolution • Expressionist • facilitates • famous russian • Form • fresh hope • grows weaker • Henri Rousseau • human soul • impressionist painting • incarnational • inner meaning • inner source • inner spirit • inner spirit source • inner value • interpenetrates • Intuition • kadinsky • Kandinsky • Kuhn • Landscape Studies • laudable • Luke • material world • Matisse • michael sadler • modern art • Movement • music • Mystical • outer • Painter • painting • Philosophy • Physical World • Picasso • postmodern deconstruction • predicates • profound sense • Psychology • pyramid • quickens • Raphael • representational • Rousseau • Russian • Russian Orthodox • sacred geometry • saddler • sheer inability • Spectator • spiritual atmosphere • spiritual atmosphere revolution • spiritual books • spiritual concerns • spiritual experience • Spirituality • spiritual progress • spiritual revolution • squandering • students tell • takes effect • taoists • Tao Te • transcendence • transitory • triangle • understand art • understanding art • universal language • Viewer
• ISBN-10: 0-486-13248-X / 048613248X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-13248-8 / 9780486132488