How long does it take to read Concerning the Spiritual in Art?
Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky takes about 1 hour 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 58 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1912. 107 pages, about 29,425 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this book is one of the most important documents in the history of modern art. Written by the famous nonobjective painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), it explains Kandinsky's own theory of painting and crystallizes the ideas that were influencing many other modern artists of the period. Along with his own ground-breaking paintings, this book had a tremendous impact on the development of modern art. The first part issues a call for a spiritual revolution in painting that will let artists express their own inner lives in abstract, non-material terms. Just as musicians do not depend upon the material world for their music, so artists should not have to depend upon the material world for their art. In the second part, Kandinsky discusses the psychology of colors, the language of form and color, and the responsibilities of the artist. An Introduction by the translator offers additional explanation of Kandinsky's art and theories.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Aesthetics, Art, Modern, Modern Art, Painting, Art, themes, motives, etc.
