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Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty (Paperback) Loot Price: R265
Discovery Miles 2 650
Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty (Paperback): Alexandre Kojeve

Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty (Paperback)

Alexandre Kojeve; Introduction by Boris Groys

Series: Ekphrasis

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A teacher to Jacques Lacan, Andre Breton, and Albert Camus, Kojeve defined art as the act of extracting the beautiful from objective reality. His poetic text, "The Concrete Paintings of Kandinsky," endorses nonrepresentational art as uniquely manifesting beauty. Taking the paintings of his renowned uncle, Wassily Kandinsky, as his inspiration, Kojeve suggests that in creating (rather than replicating) beauty, the paintings are themselves complete universes as concrete as the natural world. Kojeve's text considers the utility and necessity of beauty in life, and ultimately poses the involuted question: What is beauty? Including personal letters between Kandinsky and his nephew, this book further elaborates the unique relationship between artist and philosopher. An introduction by Boris Groys contextualizes Kojeve's life and writings.

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Imprint: David Zwirner
Country of origin: United States
Series: Ekphrasis
Release date: November 2022
Authors: Alexandre Kojeve
Introduction by: Boris Groys
Dimensions: 176 x 106 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 978-1-64423-081-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
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LSN: 1-64423-081-X
Barcode: 9781644230817

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