Masters of Art Kandinsky

by Messer, Thomas M.

• ISBN13: 9780810912281
• ISBN10: 0810912287
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

Modern Historiographyis the essential introduction to the history of historical writing. It explains the broad philosophical background to the different historians and historical schools of the modern era. In a unique overview of modern historiography, the book includes surveys on the Enlightenment and Counter Enlightenment; Romanticism; the voice of Science and the process of secularization within Western intellectual thought; the influence of, and broadening contact with, the New World; theAnnalesschool in France; and the effects of the repression and exile of the inter-war years and the Post-War 'moods.'Modern Historiographyprovides a clear and concise account of this modern period of historical writing.

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(2)
Vasily Kandinsky	8
COLORPLATES
1. STUDY FOR "THE SLUICE"	49	(2)
2. THE BLUE RIDER	51	(2)
3. HOLLAND--BEACH CHAIRS	53	(2)
4. RIDING COUPLE	55	(2)
5. THE BLUE MOUNTAIN	57	(2)
6. CRINOLINES	59	(2)
7. PICTURE WITH AN ARCHER	61	(2)
8. SKETCH FOR "COMPOSITION II"	63	(2)
9. BOAT TRIP	65	(2)
10. THE COW	67	(2)
11. ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE	69	(2)
12. IMPRESSION III (CONCERT)	71	(2)
13. LYRICAL	73	(2)
14. SAINT GEORGE II	75	(2)
15. COMPOSITION IV	77	(2)
16. COMPOSITION V	79	(2)
17. IMPROVISATION 26 (ROWING)	81	(2)
18. IMPROVISATION 27 (GARDEN OF LOVE II)	83	(2)
19. PAINTING WITH BLACK ARCH	85	(2)
20. COMPOSITION VI	87	(2)
21. PAINTING WITH WHITE BORDER (MOSCOW)	89	(2)
22. IMPROVISATION 34 (ORIENT II)	91	(2)
23. COMPOSITION VII	93	(2)
24. BLACK LINES I	95	(1)
25. FOUR PANELS FOR EDWIN R. CAMPBELL	96-97	(1)
26. PAINTING ON LIGHT GROUND	99	(2)
27. TWILIGHT	101	(2)
28. RED OVAL	103	(2)
29. RED SPOT II	105	(2)
30. COMPOSITION VIII	107	(2)
31. YELLOW-RED-BLUE	109	(2)
32. SEVERAL CIRCLES	111	(2)
33. ON POINTS	113	(2)
34. THIRTEEN RECTANGLES	115	(2)
35. DEVELOPMENT IN BROWN	117	(2)
36. COMPOSITION IX	119	(2)
37. DOMINANT CURVE	121	(2)
38. COMPOSITION X	123	(2)
39. RECIPROCAL ACCORD	125	(2)
40. TEMPERED ELAN	127	(1)
Selected Bibliography	128