Kandinsky: Thinking about the Spiritual in Art
AbstractIn Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1911) and other writings, the artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) pursues several guiding questions concerning the spiritual aspects of art. For example: What is the relationship between art and spirituality? How does a work of art express spiritual ideas...
| Published in: | Religion and the arts |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Religion and the arts
Year: 2019, Volume: 23, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 26-49 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944, Über das Geistige in der Kunst
/ Art
/ Spirituality
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B abstract painting B Kandinsky B Species B Materialism |
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| Summary: | AbstractIn Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1911) and other writings, the artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) pursues several guiding questions concerning the spiritual aspects of art. For example: What is the relationship between art and spirituality? How does a work of art express spiritual ideas and themes? And would it be helpful to think of the artist as a kind of visionary or a spiritual seer? In this article, I reconstruct Kandinsky's theory of art and I clarify his understanding of what spirituality is. Then I return to the three guiding questions listed above to consider the relationship between art and spirituality in the light of Kandinsky's views. I argue that both Kandinsky's writings and his paintings help to illuminate the spiritual dimension of art, and his pioneering text, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, remains an important starting-point for reflections on this theme. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5292 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion and the arts
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02301002 |