In this book, published 16 years after concerning the spiritual in art, kandinsky digs deeper in the research of interaction of. Publication date 1947 topics art, composition art, art, abstract publisher new york. I had the impression that here painting itself comes to th. Lithography is the most recent invention in the field of graphic art. He became famous for painting the first purely abstract works as part of the soviet avantgarde that flourished until about 1930. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The point is a small stain of color put on the canvas. Unlike concerning the spiritual in art, which is a beautifully written account of a personal artistic philosophy, we find in point and line to plane kandinsky adopting a psuedoscientific method, in a step by step guide, to establish and prove the main tenet of his practice, that there is a correlation between painting and music. Hilla rebay 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 20thcentury art, kandinsky explores the. This book presents a detailed exposition of the inner dynamics of nonobjective painting.
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Art wassily kandinsky point and line to plane, book by kandinsky point and line to plane book by wassily kandinsky on his theories on lines, planes, colour etc. Wassily kandinsky books list of books by author wassily. Pdf point and line to plane by wassily kandinsky download. Diagram 4 point horizontalvertical diagonal dot pattern for a free line construction. Point and line to plane 1926 in this book, published 16 years after concerning the spiritual in art, kandinsky digs deeper in the research of interaction of nature, arts, and human, though from a concrete position already. Point and line to plane dover fine art, history of art 9780486238081 by kandinsky, wassily and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The book contains many photographic examples and drawings from kandinskys works which offer the demonstration of its theoretical observations, and which allow the reader to experience the inner effect of the point and line to plane. He called the physical support and the material surface on which the artist draws or paints the basic plane, or bp. But this can be realized in this book only in a rather summary fashion as an attempt to. Thus did the young russian painter wassily kandinsky 1866.
Mar 15, 2012 decrying literal representation, kandinsky emphasized instead the importance of form, color, rhythm, and the artists inner need in expressing reality. Point and line to plane dover fine art, history of art. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Guggenheim foundation for the museum of nonobjective painting edition, in english. Line to plane, one of the most influential books in 20thcentury art, kandinsky. He did not analyze them objectively, but from the point of view of their inner effect on the observer. Point and line to plane dover fine art, history of art by wassily kandinsky and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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