Paul Klee: Painting Music - Softcover

Duchting, Hajo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3791332120 ISBN 13: 9783791332123

Publisher: Prestel Pub, 2004

Synopsis

Now available in flexi-cover, this illuminating work examines the fascinating relationship between music and painting in Paul Klee’s art.

A talented violinist as well as a painter, Klee drew much of the inspiration for his abstract art from musical rhythms and structures. Like a composer, he developed and harmonized pictorial themes, weaving a complex series of signs and symbols into his painting. The book focuses on Klee’s decade-long tenure at the Bauhaus, where the artist’s theories and practice first merged, and where he developed his Color Spectrum, Square, and Polyphone painting series. Illustrated throughout with full-color reproductions of Klee’s paintings and etchings, as well as entries from his diaries, this unique study sheds light on an important aspect of Klee’s work while providing insights into his development as an abstract artist.

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From the Publisher:

A talented violinist as well as a painter, Klee drew much of the inspiration for his abstract art from musical rhythms and structure. Like a composer, he developed and harmonized pictorial themes, weaving a complex series of signs and symbols into his painting. Art historian Hajo Duechting focuses his study primarily on Klee’s decade-long tenure at the Bauhaus, where the artist’s theories and practice first merged, and where he was to develop his Color Spectrum, Square, and Polyphone painting series. Illustrated throughout with full-color reproductions of Klee’s paintings and etchings, as well as entries from his diaries, this unique study sheds light on an important aspect of Klee’s work while providing insights into his development as an abstract artist.

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A talented violinist as well as a painter, Klee drew much of the inspiration for his abstract art from musical rhythms and structures. Like a composer, he developed and harmonized pictorial themes, weaving a complex series of signs and symbols into his painting.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prestel Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 3791332120
• ISBN 13: 9783791332123
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 111