Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty

by Alexandre Kojève

Book Overview

A compilation of esoteric musings, Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty explores Alexandre Koj?ve's philosophical approach to the relationship between art and beauty.

A teacher to Jacques Lacan, Andr? Breton, and Albert Camus, Koj?ve defined art as the act of extracting the beautiful from objective reality. His poetic text, "The Concrete Paintings of Kandinsky," endorses nonrepresentational art as uniquely manifesting beauty. Taking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164423081X
• ISBN13: 9781644230817
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: David Zwirner Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.2" x 7.0"