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One of the most influential teachers at the bauhaus, wassily kandinsky, is being remembered in berlin with a major exhibition. Wassily wasilyevich kandinsky was born to wasili silverstrovich and lidia ivanovna tikheeva, in moscow, russia, on december, 16th, 1866. Wassily kandinskys most popular book is concerning the spiritual in art. He explored the theoretical aspects of the abstract art to which he ascribed, often drawing on his own work for examples, perhaps in an attempt to defend it by showing the care and thought he put into his art. Aug 04, 2012 an incredibly fun printing lesson for preschool students inspired by the concentric circles of wassily kandinsky s artwork, farbstudie quatrate. But he has become a slave to sentimentality, and has been left behind.
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His paintings were not geared towards children yet kandinsky for kids is something that many art teachers are looking for to see how they can use the works of this well know artist to enhance the childrens appreciation for good, abstract art. I love this picture book about wassily kandinsky called the noisy. In his insistence that visual art must be a doorway to spiritual experience, one can see the influence of orthodox theology of the. The spiritual in art by wassily kandinsky internet archive. Many of his paintings used names as if they were songs or musical works like composition and improvisation.
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