Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. Kandinsky's provocative thoughts on color theory and the nature of art. Analysis of Picasso, Matisse, and earlier masters. 12 illustrations.
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50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship by Salvador Dalí Sensible artistic advice and lively personal anecdotes in rare important work by famed Surrealist. Filled with Dali's outrageous egotism and unconventional humor, insights into modern art and his own drawings in the margins.
Modern Artists on Art: Second Enlarged Edition by Robert L. Herbert 16 of the 20th century's leading artistic innovators talk forcefully about their work: Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, Henry Moore, Kurt Schwitters, Max Ernst, El Lissitzky, Fernand Léger, and more.
Point and Line to Plane by Wassily Kandinsky This famous work by a pioneer in the movement to free art from the bonds of tradition explores the role of the line, point, and other key elements of non-objective painting. 127 illustrations.
Graphic Works of Max Klinger by Max Klinger Reproduced directly from original portfolio editions, these 74 etchings by a precursor of the Surrealist movement portray fantasies about love and death, sexual psychoses, fetish obsessions, and bizarre nightmares.
Six Kandinsky Cards by Wassily Kandinsky Six of the great Russian-born artist's most memorable canvases, including Composition VIII (1923), Multicolored Circle (1921) and Checkered (1925), reproduced as full-color postcards. Just detach and mail.