Wassily Kandinsky
1) Kandinsky
Author
Language
English
Description
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian painter credited as being among the first to truly venture into abstract art. He persisted in expressing his internal world of abstraction despite negative criticism from his peers. He veered away from painting that could be viewed as representational in order to express his emotions, leading to his unique use of colour and form. Although his works received heavy censure at the time, in later years they...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
In this famous work by a pioneer in the movement to free art from the bonds of tradition - a work long considered essential to understanding the evolution of 20th-century art - Kandinsky explores the role of the line, point, and other key elements of non-objective painting. 127 illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Phillips Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was an influential figure in twentieth century art. This book examines his masterwork, Painting with White Border, (1913), along with related studies. One essay examines the painting's iconography and its connection to the artist's theoretical ideas. Another, drawing on a recent conservation study, explores Kandinsky's creative process, materials, and methods"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Bauhausbücher ; 9
Publisher
Lars Müller Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Point and Line to Plane, volume 9 of the Bauhausbücher series, can be seen as a continuation of Wassily Kandinsky's seminal treatise On the Spiritual in Art. Kandinsky's thesis is that different constellations of point, line and surface have different emotional effects on the viewer. Starting from the point (which represents the most concentrated and minimal graphic form), he understands all painterly forms as being a play of forces and counterforces:...
10) Sounds
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian pioneer of abstract painting whose work has influenced generations of artists. His 'Sounds' ('Klange') of 1912 is one of the earliest, most beautiful examples of a 20th-century artist's book. Its "sound poems" are alternately narrative and expressive, witty and simple in form. They treat questions of space, color, physical design, and the act of seeing in a world that offers multiple and often contradictory...
