{"title":"Wassily Kandinsky","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the visionary writings of \u003cstrong\u003eWassily Kandinsky\u003c\/strong\u003e, a pioneer in abstract art and theory. His works delve into the spiritual and emotional dimensions of creativity, offering profound insights into the relationship between colour, form, and sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection invites readers to engage with Kandinsky’s influential essays and reflections, such as \u003cem\u003eConcerning the Spiritual in Art\u003c\/em\u003e, where he articulates the philosophical underpinnings of modern art and its capacity to evoke inner experience beyond the visible world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"concerning-the-spiritual-in-art-by-wassily-kandinsky-9780241384800","title":"Concerning the Spiritual in Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA seminal text in the history of modern art, from one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eConcerning the Spiritual in Art\u003c\/em\u003e, Wassily Kandinsky, one of the most famous abstract painters of all time, urges the reader to free themselves from art's traditional bonds to material reality. In this radical theoretical work, he calls for a spiritual revolution in painting, arguing that artists, much like musicians, should be allowed to express their own inner lives in abstract, non-material terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInvestigating form and colour, spirituality and tradition, Kandinsky explores art's resonance with the soul, its purpose and nature, and its power to inspire us, to stir our emotions and to help us see beyond the limits of our world. A significant contribution to the understanding of non-objectivism in art, this book serves as an important landmark in modern art history and is necessary reading for every artist and art-lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46500296949996,"sku":"9780241384800","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25647333482273.jpg?v=1748572048"},{"product_id":"wassily-kandinsky-concerning-the-spiritual-in-art-by-wassily-kandinsky-9783753305448","title":"Wassily Kandinsky: Concerning the Spiritual in Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential reference text from one of the most important abstract artists of all time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This slim but powerful text is required reading for anyone interested in the history of 20th century art. The book, which Kandinsky claimed had been gestating for nearly a decade, elucidates his artistic theories and his valuing of expression and spirituality over naturalistic representation. With reference to and analysis of earlier masters such as Picasso and Matisse, Kandinsky calls for a spiritual revolution in painting in which artists to express their lives in abstract terms. The treatise also delves deeper into the psychology of colours, the language of form and the responsibilities of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47289245892844,"sku":"9783753305448","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9530523483524.jpg?v=1770589354"},{"product_id":"wassily-kandinsky-by-wassily-kandinsky-9780691268507","title":"Wassily Kandinsky","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA revelatory collection of the artist's sketches and preparatory drawings, featuring many that have never been published before.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe great Russian modernist painter and theorist Wassily Kandinsky was one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art. Few documents provide more insight into his evolution from figural to abstract art, or into the development of abstraction in the early twentieth century, than the pages of his sketchbooks. Featuring previously unpublished drawings, \u003cem\u003eWassily Kandinsky: The Sketchbooks\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive selection of hundreds of sketches from twelve notebooks Kandinsky kept between 1889 and 1935. Beginning with early figure studies, architectural sketches, and landscapes, the notebooks reveal a process of exploration that would lead Kandinsky from his first experiments in geometric abstraction to paintings that reshaped modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating Kandinsky's mastery of colour, line, shape, composition, and movement, the book includes notes and preparatory studies for major paintings, such as the 'analytical drawing' for \u003cem\u003eComposition VII\u003c\/em\u003e (1913), the first study for \u003cem\u003eSeveral Circles\u003c\/em\u003e (1926), and \u003cem\u003eStudy for Composition IX\u003c\/em\u003e, a preliminary working of his 1936 masterpiece. Visually stunning, the book offers a remarkable, intimate look at how Kandinsky sought to discover nothing less than a spiritually transcendent form of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428434002156,"sku":"9780691268507","price":79.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691268507.jpg?v=1774496725"},{"product_id":"sounds-by-wassily-kandinsky-9780300238495","title":"Sounds","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dazzling yet little-known artist’s book that distills the painter’s seminal interests in abstraction and the unity of the arts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) was a Russian pioneer of abstract painting whose work has influenced generations of artists. His \u003cem\u003eSounds\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eKlänge\u003c\/em\u003e) of 1912 is one of the earliest, most beautiful examples of a 20th-century artist’s book. Its “sound poems” are alternately narrative and expressive, witty and simple in form. They treat questions of space, colour, physical design, and the act of seeing in a world that offers multiple and often contradictory possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe woodcut illustrations that accompany the poems range from representational designs to abstract vignettes. In its fusion of image and word, \u003cem\u003eSounds\u003c\/em\u003e epitomises the artist’s move toward abstraction and his aspiration to a synthesis of the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition of \u003cem\u003eSounds\u003c\/em\u003e includes all of the book’s poems in English and German and its woodcuts, twelve of which appear in colour for greater fidelity to the original. The translator’s introduction offers close formal examination of the poems and situates \u003cem\u003eSounds\u003c\/em\u003e in the context of Kandinsky’s oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough it was prized by prominent 20th-century artists, \u003cem\u003eSounds\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the least known of Kandinsky’s major writings, and this remains the most authoritative English version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464225112300,"sku":"9780300238495","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300238495-sounds.jpg?v=1775043304"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/wassily-kandinsky.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}