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Kandinsky in this book defines the three types of painting; impressions, improvisations and compositions. While impressions are based on an external reality that serves as a starting point, improvisations and compositions depict images emergent from the unconscious, though composition is developed from a more formal point of view. Kandinsky compares the spiritual life of humanity to a pyramid-the artist has a mission to lead others to the pinnacle with his work. The point of the pyramid is those few, great artists. It is a spiritual pyramid, advancing and ascending slowly even if it sometimes appears immobile. During decadent periods, the soul sinks to the bottom of the pyramid; humanity searches only for external success, ignoring spiritual forces.
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art, Wassily Kandinsky
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- Released
- 2020
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Publisher
- E ARTNOW
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 56
- ISBN10
- 8027309689
- ISBN13
- 9788027309689
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, Children's Books, Religion & Spirituality, Czech Literature, Fine Art, Religious Topics, Philosophical Topics, Painting & Sculpture, Religion, Art, Spirituality, Fairy Tales & Stories, Art History & Criticism, Adapted for Film, History of Art, Modernism, Modern Art, Animals for Children, Theory of Art, Abstraction
- Original title
- Uber das Geistige in der Kunst
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Kandinsky in this book defines the three types of painting; impressions, improvisations and compositions. While impressions are based on an external reality that serves as a starting point, improvisations and compositions depict images emergent from the unconscious, though composition is developed from a more formal point of view. Kandinsky compares the spiritual life of humanity to a pyramid-the artist has a mission to lead others to the pinnacle with his work. The point of the pyramid is those few, great artists. It is a spiritual pyramid, advancing and ascending slowly even if it sometimes appears immobile. During decadent periods, the soul sinks to the bottom of the pyramid; humanity searches only for external success, ignoring spiritual forces.