Kandinsky and Old Russia
Subtitle: the artist as ethnographer and shaman
By: Peg Weiss.
Contributors: Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944 -- Criticism and interpretation; Folklore -- Russia (Federation); Shamanism -- Russia (Federation)
Description: Vasilii Kandinsky, whom many consider to be the father of abstract painting, was also a trained ethnographer with an abiding interest in the folklore of Old Russia. In this provocative book, Peg Weiss provides an entirely new interpretation of Kandinsky's art by examining for the first time how this commitment to his ethnic Russian heritage influenced the painter's work throughout his career.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-271) and index.