Name/Title
The spiritual in art : abstract painting 1890-1985Entry/Object ID
N6494.A2.S65Description
Traces the use of geometric signs by the Nabis and other French artists and relates this to the development of abstraction. The author describes some of the sources of ideas about the symbolism of geometric signs, in particular the writings of Helena P. Blavatsky, and traces the impact of these on the Nabis, possibly through the stimulus of Gauguin whose paintings from his Brittany period encouraged a mystical conception of art in which sacred geometry figured as one component. He goes on to discuss in detail the paintings of Paul Serusier, Paul Ranson, Maurice Denis, Charles Filiger, Jean Delville, Frantisek Kupka and Mondrian.Collection
Edith Wyle CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
edith wyle collection, painting--abstract, painting--modern, spirituality in artBook Details
Author
Maurice Tuchman, Judi FreemanPublisher
AbbevilleDate Published
1986Call No.
N6494.A2.S65ISBN
875871305, 9780875871301LCCN
86Notes
Length: 435