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  <title><![CDATA[Concerning the Spiritual in Art]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1960</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Wassily Kandinsky]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 23 11:15:30 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in anticipation of possibly leading a class on Spirituality and Art...and as a primer of sorts on the early thoughts about the connection between Spirituality and the Arts, especially connected with Modern art into abstraction. Some of his thoughts are brilliian and prescient; some reall...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58895373">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What saves this book is superlative phrase-turning and humor, intended or otherwise. If you've ever been tempted to bronze your subjective aesthetic and mount it in the museum between philosophy and science, this will be there to remind you how nearly impossible it is to pull off. Kandinsky couldn't...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37611094">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[kandinsky's respondeo ut the world of art, in his time, to the past, and for the future of art is widely considered one of the greatest documents on art by an artist. sure, i'll accept that. however, i believe this is more of an assault on the condition of the human spirit than a treatise on the sta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14387242">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kandinski's path from object-oriented art to the abstract is one which he begins to see an underlying spirituality to the shapes and color beneath the hills, buildings, and humanity he has captured on his canvas. In time the background is brought forward and fused into the foreground. He seeks a hig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18707179">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1361729">
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  <date_updated>Fri Jul 06 12:42:32 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first section is an inspiring interpretation of invention, experimentation and critical progress in aesthetics.  Uses his contemporaries as examples on specific points, but does't limit the <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/772890.Call_to_Arms_The_Corps_2_" title="Call to Arms  (The Corps #2) by W.E.B. Griffin">call to arms</a> for spiritual revolution to his particular place in art history.  Just as interesting a work ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1361729">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57038091">
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    <body><![CDATA[Craaaaazy shit, but also totally brilliant. <br/><br/>Kandinsky had this condition called synesthesia where he could like, feel and hear colors and all his senses were mixed up.  While it is a serious medical condition, it makes for some incredible writing. ]]></body>
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    <review id="33298735">
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning&quot;<br/><br/>Thus, Kandinsky. Kandinsky infuses the form and the language of art with such depth and pure numinous power that the question of meaning ends up re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33298735">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[esoteric?   sure.  but it's real thin, so perfect for when the mood strikes.  again, a good read for pre-school, art teachers.]]></body>
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    <review id="59361683">
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    <body><![CDATA[Also another recommended reading for the directing class.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was not aware of the intrinsic relation between form and color. Plus, I found completely stimulating (just by reading) his description of contrasting colors, their antagonisms and synthesis. Apparently while yellow warmly moves,  blue is coldly inert, the former expressing a bodily experience, the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34230527">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A thoughtful friend recommended this, so, of course, I read it.  I'm interested in reasons to create beyond that je ne sais quoi that comes from watching episodes of Intervention on A&amp;E.  So much t.v. could affect why I retained only two major points from this book:  life/spirit is a triangle and ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6290574">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18221115">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 07 09:09:41 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book from one of my favorite artists. Would have been more interesting way back then when it was first published, but still cool to get a background on where non-objective art came from from one of the early pioneers of it. Reading this makes me realize why I was never destined to become...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18221115">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kandinsky writes about color in terms of music and the soul in terms of the body, and in this way he is quite like Rilke.  He writes, not theology, but in the language of the spirit, and assures the artist and the musician that they work together for the common inspiration of the human soul.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2096930">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a good book to get the argumentative juices flowing between reader/artist and writer/artist.  I definitely connected on some strong points but at times it seemed as though the generational gap caused it to lose power for me.  Will have to reread it and see if I still feel that way.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting read for artists and those who appreciate art alike...I used it in my final senior thesis as a reference, but its has good insights into the artist mind, both in reality and in the spiritual, unconscious realms...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ah, the flutenote of blue...the cello-sigh of red. I'll return again and again to this.  His synesthetic color theory is both practical and mystical--a sourcebook and bible for the visual artist.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Can be a little repetitive, but Kandinsky is a very poetic writer who uses many metaphors to illustrate his points which is quite necessary in a book discussing art. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the beginning a lot, then it gets a bit more technical (considering that I'm not a painter).  I wasn't able to appreciate the second half or so.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've had this book on my shelf for years and never got more than ten pages into it.  Maybe I'll try again or maybe painters should stick to painting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love reading the thoughts and theories individual artists have about their own art and the ideas that are influencing their work.]]></body>
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