9781644230817-164423081X-Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty (ekphrasis)

Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty (ekphrasis)

ISBN-13: 9781644230817
ISBN-10: 164423081X
Edition: Reprint
Author: Alexandre Kojève
Publication date: 2022
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Format: Paperback 96 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781644230817
ISBN-10: 164423081X
Edition: Reprint
Author: Alexandre Kojève
Publication date: 2022
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Format: Paperback 96 pages

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Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty (ekphrasis) (ISBN-13: 9781644230817 and ISBN-10: 164423081X), written by authors Alexandre Kojève, was published by David Zwirner Books in 2022. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Criticism (Arts History & Criticism, Aesthetics, Philosophy) books. You can easily purchase or rent Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty (ekphrasis) (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Criticism books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.98.

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A compilation of esoteric musings, Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty explores Alexandre Kojève’s philosophical approach to the relationship between art and beauty.
A teacher to Jacques Lacan, André Breton, and Albert Camus, Kojève defined art as the act of extracting the beautiful from objective reality. His poetic text, “The Concrete Paintings of Kandinsky,” endorses nonrepresentational art as uniquely manifesting beauty. Taking the paintings of his renowned uncle, Wassily Kandinsky, as his inspiration, Kojève suggests that in creating (rather than replicating) beauty, the paintings are themselves complete universes as concrete as the natural world. Kojève’s text considers the utility and necessity of beauty in life, and ultimately poses the involuted question: What is beauty?
Including personal letters between Kandinsky and his nephew, this book further elaborates the unique relationship between artist and philosopher. An introduction by Boris Groys contextualizes Kojève’s life and writings.

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