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The Art Theory of Wassily Kandinsky, 1909-1928 - The Quest for Synthesis (Paperback, New edition)
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The Art Theory of Wassily Kandinsky, 1909-1928 - The Quest for Synthesis (Paperback, New edition)
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Kandinsky's theory of art has usually been treated as little more
than a guide to help our understanding of his paintings. In
contrast, this book attends primarily to the artist's writings on
art; thus his art theory is treated on its own terms. Drawing on
the diverse literature that has been written on Kandinsky's art and
theory, the author demonstrates that while many different
perspectives on his work have been identified, none holds the 'key'
to that work. Instead, the book shows Kandinsky's method in his
writings to be highly eclectic, resulting in an exciting and
challenging variety of content (a description that also applies, as
a postscript to the book shows, to his method in painting).
Kandinsky, however, transcended this diversity and consistently
sought evidence of the unity of all things: something that would be
realised through his understanding of the term 'synthesis'. The
book follows Kandinsky's fascinating attempts to establish
synthesis (not only in art but also in other disciplines including
science, mathematics, law and politics) in his key theoretical
publications: On the Spiritual in Art (1911) and Point and Line to
Plane (1926). The result is a new and innovative understanding of
both Kandinsky's art theory and his art.
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