Topic 23
Abstract Art:
Does not represent anything in the visible world
Non-Objective Art:
Synonym for abstract; art containing no recognizable objects
Mysticism:
Theory to which knowledge of God, of spiritual truth, of ultimate reality cannot be
attained through reason, rational intelligence, or sense perception, but only through subjective
experience, meditation, inner vision, etc…
Kandinsky (Russian) - Landscape with a Church
1905
Thick paint
Flat surface
Kandinsky – Landscape with a Church
1909
Kandinsky – Painting with a Black Arch
1912
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Aka
The Black Curve
6 x 6 ft
Painted as a member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)
Offshoot of German Expressionism
Formed in Munich, 1911
Broke up with outbreak of WWI in 1914
*art groups were formed in the first half of 20
th
century 1900-1950*
Forms that resemble things in nature
Vague
Patches of color and lines
Lines are independent of the color forms
Lines do not enclose or outline anything
“Free the lines”

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