""Concerning The Spiritual In Art"" is a book written by Wassily Kandinsky, a renowned Russian painter and art theorist. The book is a collection of essays that explores the relationship between art and spirituality. Kandinsky argues that art should not be solely focused on the representation of the physical world, but should also strive to express the spiritual and emotional aspects of life. He discusses the role of color, form, and composition in conveying these abstract concepts, and provides examples of how artists ...
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""Concerning The Spiritual In Art"" is a book written by Wassily Kandinsky, a renowned Russian painter and art theorist. The book is a collection of essays that explores the relationship between art and spirituality. Kandinsky argues that art should not be solely focused on the representation of the physical world, but should also strive to express the spiritual and emotional aspects of life. He discusses the role of color, form, and composition in conveying these abstract concepts, and provides examples of how artists throughout history have used these elements to create spiritually inspired works of art. The book also delves into the idea of art as a form of spiritual communication between the artist and the viewer, and how this connection can be used to create a sense of unity and harmony in society. Overall, ""Concerning The Spiritual In Art"" is a thought-provoking exploration of the intersection between art and spirituality, and a must-read for anyone interested in the deeper meaning behind creative expression.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.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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To me Kandinsky's book is probably of most use and interest to an art historian (which I am). The title might fool you if you're looking for, well, sort of the more familiar poetic ideas about art being moving and transcendent and something close to religion.
Not to say those aren't valid takes on art--they obviously are--but the book probably won't satisfy you in that way.. It was directed mainly at other artists and at critics and theorists of art (at the time). It can definitely be a little tedious, like an old textbook or manual. Not exactly bestseller material.
The book is very much a product of its time, an extremely idealistic European artworld before and during World War I. Much early modern art was almost intoxicated (kind of touchingly at times) with its own imagined possibilities for evolving the human species.. Kandinsky was a perfect example.
