Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944: The Journey to Abstraction (Big Series Art) [Hardcover]

Ulrike Becks-Malorny (Author)

Book Description

Series: Big Series Art | Publication Date: April 1, 1999

Illustrated throughout and bound in a new hardcover, Ulrike Becks-Malorny's study of Kandinsky should provide a useful companion to all levels of study.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Taschen; 2nd edition (April 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 382287079X
• ISBN-13: 978-3822870792
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,087,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kandinsky's Life and Art, June 14, 2004

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gary m. hamburg (notre dame, indiana United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944: The Journey to Abstraction (Big Series Art) (Hardcover)

This is a marvelous book in two respects. First, the discussion of Kandinsky's life and art is clear, authoritative without intrusive detail, and lively. Second, the color reproductions of Kandinsky's work are well-chosen and expertly reproduced; they are placed in the text in places proximate to the discussion of Kandinsky's changing approaches to art. I found it stunning that the publisher could pack so many color prints into such a compact book at a reasonable price.
Readers interested in Kandinsky's ground-breaking treatise, On the Spiritual in Art, will be grateful for the author's compelling, lucid presentation of its ideas.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written text, high quality images, February 2, 2005

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This review is from: Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944: The Journey to Abstraction (Big Series Art) (Hardcover)

make this book a new treasure to me. It's very readable, and it speaks to exactly what interested me -- the personal aspects of Kandinsky's evolution to abstraction. There are LOTS of color plates, and their rendition is excellent.

7 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost world, September 10, 2000

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Andrejs Zommers (Kharkov,Ukraine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944: The Journey to Abstraction (Big Series Art) (Hardcover)

They have destroied everything , have redused to black square and have gone out... You can like Kandinsky or not.His mysteries reflect Russia , epoch of silver century .You can feel the puls of time. Deep penetrating in one's heart of hearts,skill to see in fine its livng connect with epoch,with people,that all fascinate a notprejudice reader of this book.