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A review by silvermadeleine
Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
I don't accept Kandinsky's opinions as Gospel, but it was an interesting read. His assessment of the qualities of particular colors struck a chord, and I liked his explanation of the early 20th century artistic practice of reaching back to so-called "primitive" art forms:
Each period of culture produces an art of its own that can never be repeated, and efforts to revive the past will produce an art that is still-born. If, however, there is a similarity of moral and spiritual atmosphere of one period to another, "the logical result will be a revival of the external forms which served to express those inner feelings in an earlier age".
Each period of culture produces an art of its own that can never be repeated, and efforts to revive the past will produce an art that is still-born. If, however, there is a similarity of moral and spiritual atmosphere of one period to another, "the logical result will be a revival of the external forms which served to express those inner feelings in an earlier age".