The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art

by Roger Lipsey

Book Overview

An invaluable reminder of the purposes and possibilities of modern art. Exemplary. -- Kirkus Reviews
In 1911, modernist painter Wassily Kandinsky published Concerning the Spiritual in Art, a treatise on the meaning of modern art and a challenge to his contemporaries to free their work from traditional bonds. Eight decades later, the distinguished scholar Roger Lipsey examined the response to Kandinsky's call with this exploration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486432947
• ISBN13: 9780486432946
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.6"