Avant-Garde
An Analysis of Duchamp and Kandinsky
This paper discusses the relationship of Marcel Duchamp's 1917 Dada "sculpture," or "found art" Fountain and Wassily Kandinsky's 1923 abstract portrait On White II. Duchamp's Fountain, a urinal on wh Continue Reading...
Modernism in art triumphed from the 19th century onward and in the early 20th century virtually changed the way art came to be perceived. From the Abstractionists to the Cubists to the Surrealists to the followers of Dada, the modernists continually Continue Reading...
20th Century Modern Art
An Analysis of Three Works of Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Wassily Kandinsky helped open up the door to abstract art with his book
Concerning the Spiritual in Art. A lawyer by trade and a latecomer to the art world, Kandinsk Continue Reading...