{"product_id":"9780241384800","title":"Concerning the Spiritual in Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Kandinsky, Wassily \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 30\/05\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 192 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241384800,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seminal text in the history of modern art, from one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century‘Art is the language that speaks to the soul’Why do we make art? In Concerning the Spiritual in Art Wassily Kandinsky, one of the earliest and most famous abstract painters, argued against ‘art for art’s sake’. Exploring form and colour, spirituality and tradition, Kandinsky instead predicted a future for painting in its potential to redirect the attention of viewers away from the shallow materialism of the modern world toward the more profound intellectual and emotional concerns of their interior lives. His revolutionary work became a landmark in modern art history, helping to usher in the age of non-representational painting. This new translation also includes Kandinsky’s later essay, ‘The Question of Form’, in which he interrogates and sharpens many of his earlier ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new translation by Ruth Ahmedzai KempWith an introduction by Lisa Florman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54882337325429,"sku":"9780241384800","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241384800_2da90ae7-05c7-49bb-9b6c-f3a8d614eea0.jpg?v=1759673041","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241384800","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}