Point and Line to Plane 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: of contrasts.

Wassily Kandinsky was one of the most influential painters of the twentieth century, and this book lays out the tenets of painting as he saw them, and makes the case for non-objective artistic forms.

But despite their patent and well-ordered security, despite their infallible principles, there lurks in these higher segments a hidden fear, a nervous trembling, a sense of insecurity. And this is due to their upbringing. They know that the sages, statesmen and artists whom today they revere, were yesterday spurned as swindlers and charlatans.

One of the major abstract artists of the 20th century, Russian-born Kandinsky (1866-1944) created canvases vibrant with movement, brilliant color and geometric form. 6 of his most arresting paintings, including "Composition VIII" (1923), "Multicolored Circle" (1921) and "Checkered" (1925) are reproduced here as full-color postcards in a convenient mini-book format.

Aparecido en 1926, Punto y linea sobre el plano es la continuacion organica de otro texto de Kandinsky tambien publicado por Paidos, De lo espiritual en el arte, y debe su origen, en su mayor parte, a la tarea que su autor habia asumido en la Bauhaus desde 1922. En efecto, tanto en su pintura como en sus ideas esteticas, Kandinsky mostro siempre una personalidad absolutamente vanguardista y provocadora de acaloradas polemicas. Y, en este sentido, la presente obra es uno de sus trabajos fundamentales, ya que, a la par que una esclarecedora contribucion al analisis de los elementos esenciales del quehacer pictorico, constituye una aportacion basica a la busqueda de un metodo generico para las investigaciones de las ciencias artisticas. El libro, finalmente, tambien revela a Kandinsky como un artista apasionado y siempre deseoso de explicar y explicarse las razones primeras y mas profundas de esa extrana y singular aventura que es la creacion artistica.

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. Kandinsky's provocative thoughts on color theory, nature of art. Analysis of Picasso, Matisse, earlier masters. 12 illustrations.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1914 Edition.

All art students are advised to read "Concerning the Spiritual in Art," a short masterpiece by Wassily Kandinsky. This classic best explains the concepts that lead to abstract painting in the modern era Kandinsky recognized the connection between music and painting. He also suggested that artists free themselves from the material world so that they can express their inner impulses. Thus the abstract painting requires contemplation to reveal its meaning. Furthermore, the meaning may be a projection of the inner life of the viewer as much as it is the inner life of the artists. This concept is not new to music but it certainly was new to painting in 1911. Once considered a radical idea, the spiritual aspect of abstract art is now a given in culture. Wassily Kandinsky offers some very insightful comments regarding his contemporaries, recognizing Matisse as the 20th century master of color and Picasso as the 20th century master of line. He faults them both, however, for not making the final step toward complete abandonment of the physical world. In "Concerning the Spiritual in Art," Kandinsky also asserts that imitative painting of other eras was a deadly trap for the artist, yet responding to the eternal call of the unconscious forces in an earlier period of art history was a valid area of exploration. Kandinsky believed that art progressed, that artistic concepts built on each other and that there was a triangle of artistic conception that moved forward to some end point, yet to be discovered. Kandinsky warns against pattern painting, which he thought would lead to monotony and away from spirituality. Every artist owes it to themselves to read "Concerning the Spiritual in Art." Though short, this book is the classic on which much art history, philosophy, and practice has been based.

Collection of four documentaries about Russian avant-garde art collector George Costakis and the painters whose works feature in his collection. The films comprise: 'The Collector Costakis', 'Kazimir Malevich', 'Marc Chagall' and 'Kandinsky'.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1914 Edition.