Point and line to plane : contribution to the analysis of the pictorial elements / Kandinsky ; edited and prefaced by Hilla Rebay ; translated by Howard Dearstyne and Hilla Rebay.

Main entry:

Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944, artist.

Title & Author:

Point and line to plane : contribution to the analysis of the pictorial elements / Kandinsky ; edited and prefaced by Hilla Rebay ; translated by Howard Dearstyne and Hilla Rebay.

Publication:

New York City : Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, [1947]
©1947

Description:

196 pages : illustrations (some color), charts ; 24 cm

Notes:
"This book by Kandinsky was first published in 1926 under the title of Punkt und Linie zu Fläche as the ninth in a series of fourteen Bauhaus books edited by Walter Gropius and L. Moholy-Nagy"--Page facing title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Point -- Line -- Basic plane -- Appendix -- Index.

Summary:

"In Point and Line to Plane, one of the most influential books in 20th-century art, Kandinsky presents a detailed exposition of the inner dynamics of non-objective painting. Relying on his own unique terminology, he develops the idea of point as the "proto-element" of painting, the role of point in nature, music, and other art, and the combination of point and line that results in a unique visual language. He then turns to an absorbing discussion of line -- the influence of force on line, lyric and dramatic qualities, and the translation of various phenomena into forms of linear expression. With profound artistic insight, Kandinsky points out the organic relationship of the elements of painting, touching on the role of texture, the element of time, and the relationship of all these elements to the basic material plane called upon to receive the content of a work of art"--From Amazon.com description.

Resources:
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Subject:

Art.
Art Philosophy.
Composition (Art)
Line (Art)
Art, Abstract.
Art Philosophie.
Ligne (Art)
composition (artistic arrangement)

Form/genre:

Art.
works of art.
Œuvres d'art.

Added entries:

Dearstyne, Howard, translator.
Rebay, Hilla, 1890-1967, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 108421
Call No.: 0000633 A1714; ID:86-B21832
Status: Available

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