{"title":"Books by Hajo Düchting","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9783836507462","title":"Kandinsky","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the course of his artistic career, \u003cstrong\u003eWassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)\u003c\/strong\u003e transformed not only his own style, but the course of art history. From early figurative and landscape painting, he went on to pioneer a \u003cstrong\u003espiritual, emotive, rhythmic use of color and line \u003c\/strong\u003eand is today credited with creating \u003cstrong\u003ethe first purely abstract work\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As much a teacher and theorist as he was a practicing artist, Kandinsky’s interests in music, theater, poetry, philosophy, ethnology, myth, and the occult, were all essential components to his painting and engraving. He was involved with both the influential \u003cstrong\u003eBlaue Reiter \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eBauhaus \u003c\/strong\u003egroups and left a legacy not only of dazzling visual work, but also of highly influential treatises such as \u003cem\u003eConcerning the Spiritual in Art\u003c\/em\u003e. Key tenets included the \u003cstrong\u003econnections between painting, music\u003c\/strong\u003e and mystical experience, and the purification of art away from material realism and towards an \u003cstrong\u003eemotional expression, condensed in particular by color\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book presents key Kandinsky works to introduce his repertoire of vivid colors, forms, and feelings. Tracing the artist’s radical stylistic development, it shows how one painter’s progression paved the way for generations of abstract expression to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43127917117618,"sku":"9783836507462","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783836507462_5cbad139-79d8-4e76-86bf-44788b66a4da.jpg?v=1786031946"},{"product_id":"9783791383620","title":"50 Designers You Should Know","description":"Now available in a new edition, this book offers a stunning visual history of 100 years of design. Designers have shaped our modern age, whether it’s the chair we’re sitting in, the computer we’re reading on, or the house we’re living in. Design is everywhere, and this volume profiles fifty of the most influential figures over the past one hundred years. From the first bentwood chairs by Thonet to the holistically designed worlds of Bauhaus and Le Corbusier, and from the signature styles of designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Eileen Gray, and Philippe Starck to internationally known brands like Swatch, Muji, and Apple, the designers presented here are profiled in double-page spreads packed with fascinating background information, photographs, and illustrations. As inspiring as it is informative, this far-reaching book celebrates the impact that design has on our daily life.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313295438197,"sku":"9783791383620","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783791383620_61ffb0cb-466e-4fbb-ad82-661a5bbe1283.jpg?v=1786031698"},{"product_id":"9783754404775","title":"Seurat","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorges Seurat (1859-1891) was only 31 when he died, but during his short life he created hundreds of drawings, oil sketches, and paintings on canvas that introduced a fresh perspective in European painting.As a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he carefullly observed the work of Delacroix and became fascinated with the interplay between light and color. In doing so, he developed Divisionism, using small dabs of paint from the point of the brush to create pointilist images that shimmered with luminescence and hinted at movement.In this accessible introduction to Seurat, meet an artist driven by a need to capture nature and the simple pleasures of life through a new language of painting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420212572533,"sku":"9783754404775","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783754404775.jpg?v=1786031937"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-hajo-duchting.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}