Paper, wood, canvas, stucco, metalmay all serve as this basic plane. Point and line to plane dover fine art, history of art. The theory of point, line, plane and our work point and line to plane, was one of the most influential books in 20thcentury art, written by wassily kandinsky. Surfaces and lines by wassily kandinsky, june 1930. Unlike abstraction in art and nature, this derives formal relationship through a quasiaxiomatic method, using the most elementary visual primitives. The point is the most concise form but, according to its placement on the basic plane, it will take a different tonality. In this famous work by a pioneer in the movement to free art from the bonds of traditiona work long considered essential to understanding the evolution of 20thcentury artkandinsky explores the role of the line, point and other key elements of nonobjective painting. The music for the studies adds an affective layer and contributes a spatialambient dimension and was created using a variety of modern soundsynthesis. Point and line to plane dover fine art, history of art kandinsky, wassily on. In the same way that a painting by kandinsky such as the diagram below, taken from his text arises. The basic plane is impregnated by this first collision. Relying on his own unique terminology, he develops the idea of point as the protoelement of painting, the role of point in nature, music, and other art, and the. Point and line to plane 1926 in this book, published 16 years after concerning the spiritual in art, kandinsky digs deeper in the research of interaction of nature, arts, and human, though from a concrete position already.
Users can purchase an ebook on diskette or cd, but the most popular method of getting an ebook is to purchase a downloadable file of the ebook or other reading material from a web site such as barnes and noble to be read from the users computer or reading device. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the point and line to plane, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Point and line to plane contribution to the analysis of. Point and line to plane contribution to the analysis of the pictorial elements. It can be isolated or resonate with other points or lines. Point and line to plane by wassily kandinsky book resume. Find more prominent pieces of abstract at best visual art database. Relying on his own unique terminology, he develops the idea of point as the protoelement of painting, the role of point in nature, music, and other art, and the combination. Point and line to plane 1926 in this book, published 16 years after concerning the spiritual in art, kandinsky digs deeper in the research of interaction of nature, arts, and human, though from a.
Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. In this title kandinsky analyzed the geometrical elements which make up every paintingthe point and the line. Wassily kandinsky 610 artworks, biography, books, quotes. Amazon advertising find, attract, and engage customers. Kandinsky also worked much and experimented with color, applying his analytical foundation and the conclusions in his teaching. Nov 30, 2018 amazon inspire digital educational resources. He did not analyze them objectively, but from the point of view of their inner effect on the observer. A point is a bit of colour on the plane, it doesnt take the form of just a dot, it can be a square, a star or something more complicated. Dec 11, 20 in this title kandinsky analyzed the geometrical elements which make up every paintingthe point and the line. Point and line to plane contribution to the analysis.
In this famous work by a pioneer in the movement to free art from the bonds of tradition a work long considered essential to understanding the evolution of 20thcentury art kandinsky explores the role of the line, point, and other key elements of. He called the surface the artist worked on the plane. This famous work by a pioneer in the movement to free art from the bonds of tradition explores the role of the line, point, and other key elements of nonobj, isbn 9780486238081. Nowadays he is regarded as the founder of abstract art and. Point and line to plane vasilij kandinskij, wassily. On the points was created in 1928 by wassily kandinsky in abstract art style. Germanfrench painter, university teacher, visual artist, art theorist, teacher and lawyer. This famous work by a pioneer in the movement to free art from the bonds of tradition explores the role of the line, point, and other key elements of nonobjective painting. The point is a small stain of color put on the canvas. So the point is not a geometric point, it possesses a certain extension, a form and a color. Point and line to plane by wassily kandinsky, 1947, pub. This form can be a square, a triangle, a circle, a star or even more complex.
See more ideas about kandinsky, art for kids and art lessons. He called the physical support and the material surface on which the artist draws or paints the basic plane, or bp. Wassily kandinsky, point and line to plane philpapers. Any attempt to give new life to the artistic principles of the past can at best only result in a work of.
This acclaimed book by wassily kandinsky is available at in several formats for your ereader. Learn more about kandinskys life and work, including his notable paintings. The author is one of the leaders of the new art movement in munich. Wassily kandinsky was born in moscow, december 5, 1866. This file is in the public domain, because author died in 1944 and book was published in 1947. This book presents a detailed exposition of the inner dynamics of nonobjective painting. They dealt, first of all, with the deep analytical studying of separate elements of a picture, which resulted into point and line to plane in 1926. The right to use this work is granted to anyone for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Nowadays he is regarded as the founder of abstract art and is, moreover. Thus, every period of culture produ ces its own art, whic h ca n never be repeated. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by. The founder of abstract art the russian painter wassily kandinsky 18661944, who later lived in germany and france, is one of the pioneers of twentiethcentury art. In point and line to plane, one of the most influential books in 20thcentury art, kandinsky presents a detailed exposition of. Point and line to plane dover books on art history.
Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with optical recognition software. Guggenheim foundation for the museum of nonobjective painting in new york. Point and line to plane is primarily a priori and abstraction in art and nature a posteriori. Wassily kandinsky concerning the spiritual in art translated. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. A line is the product of a force which has been applied in a given direction. There are three primary graphical elements in any artwork. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Point and line to plane isbn 9780486238081 pdf epub wassily. Kandinsky attempts to derive and relate intuitive and.
Point and line to plane program notes the title comes from kandinskys text point and line to plane, which analyzes nonrepresentational visual art in terms of these fundamental geometric objects. The spiritual writings of wassily kandinsky free pdf ebook. Point and line to plane by wassily kandinsky, paperback. Mar 29, 2017 the theory of point, line, plane and our work point and line to plane, was one of the most influential books in 20thcentury art, written by wassily kandinsky. A form which, when on the otherwise empty basic plane, may still be considered to be a point, must be termed a plane when, for example, a very thin line appears with it upon the basic plane fig. Jun 02, 2017 kan dl nsky point and line to plane 3. Multiple lines interact on the basic plane to produce a composition. Point and line to plane wassily kandinsky, howard dearstyne. The point is the result of the initial collision of the tool with the material plane, with the basic plane. Point and line to plane dover books on art history dover. The theory of point, line, plane and our work immersive. His theory could be a support of why we make this, and why in this form. The group of which he is a member includes painters, poets, musicians, dramatists, critics, all working to the same endthe expression of the soul of nature and.
Point and line to plane wassily kandinsky, hilla rebay. Point and line to plane isbn 9780486238081 pdf epub. Wassily kandinsky, russianborn artist, one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting. His forms evolved from fluid and organic to geometric and, finally, to pictographic. Topics kandinsky collection opensource language english. Wassily kandinsky excerpt from concerning the spiritual in art, 19111 every work of art is th e child of its tim e, often it is the mother of our emotions. Each of the three uses a single process for generating the imagery. In his writings, kandinsky analysed the geometrical elements which make up a painting the point and the line. Wassily kandinsky excerpt from concerning the spiritual in. Point and line to plane by wassily kandinsky kan dl nsky point and line to plane this book by kandinsky was first published in. I have purposely condensed the questions which i have posed concerning the beginning of the science of art, but these questions when developed.
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