Paul Klee: Painting Music (Pegasus)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 111 pages
• Published by: Prestel Publishing September 30, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 3791332120
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-3791332123
• Book Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Book Description
Now available in flexi-cover, this illuminating work looks at the fascinating relationship between music and painting in Paul Klees 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 Klees decade-long tenure at the Bauhaus, where the artists theories and practice first merged, and where he developed his Color Spectrum, Square, and Polyphone painting series. Illustrated throughout with full-color reproductions of Klees paintings and etchings, as well as entries from his diaries, this unique study sheds light on an important aspect of Klees work while providing insights into his development as an abstract artist.

Language Notes
Text: English
Original Language: German --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Paul Klee: Painting Music (Pegasus Library) (Hardcover) This beautifully illustrated and wonderfully informative monograph is devoted to the reasonable (and wholly accepted) thesis that Paul Klee's dedication to, and love for, musical forms informed his prolific life in art, specifically drawing and painting. Duchting has chosen illustrations that consistently reinforce his assertions. The commentary is smart, informed, and lively. Even if you dozed in Art History, this book is excellent. Duchting has done his homework, consulting Klee's own (published) diaries, notebooks, and sketchbooks, and the extensive writings of Klee friend and biographer Will Grohmann, and additional early biographers. In addition Duchting has spent a lot of time looking at the paintings themselves. Some of Klee's incredible lecture notes (which you must see to believe) from his years of teaching art are included, as are several quick drawings and works of artists who were associated with Klee. This book has terrific production values. The paper is good,and the approximately 100 color reproductions are exquisite. Photographs of Klee, his wife Lily, and his studio. Page layout is a visual treat. It's really a gem of a book, right down to the lemon-yellow endpapers. There is a a short biography, pages of good endnotes, and a 'Selected Bibliography' (page 111). Comment | Permalink | (Report this)