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

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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.

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.

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.