Looking Forward by Looking Back
Composito IV, created by Wassily Kandinsky in 1911 is a vortex of swirling colors and thick black lines. The painting measures in at 62 7/8 x 98 5/8 inches. Looking closer at it I see that the paint is oil based which adds dimension and texture to it. I feel the weightiness of this painting. I sense the emotion, the expectations, and the memories that fill this piece. Kandinsky’s use of two heavy, black vertical lines separates the piece into to sections. On the right side there is a sense of serenity. The shapes have few sharp edges, the colors are contrasting yet calming, and the figures seem calm and unaffected. The shapes shown are not clustered together. Each has its own space as your eye follows the figure then moving to the mountain, then to the trees, and so on. I can feel the …show more content…
But on the left side the energy changes. The feeling of busyness and anxiety replaces serenity and harmony. As everything on this side is interconnected and jumbled. Like the shapes, the colors are also jumbled together. Not one color stands out where on the right side each color has their own place in the composition. Also on the left side is a rainbow. I feel that this represents the contrast of balance and harmony that lives within the chaos of the left side. I also find it curious that this is the only time on the left side where the colors are not mixed together. I sense that this painting could also conceivably be a representation of the left and right sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is creative which tends to be messy and organized which matches up to the left side of his painting. While the right side of the brain is analytical and logical like the right side of the painting. I believe that the figures in the middle are like the connective tissue in the brain. The figures bridge the
Composito IV, created by Wassily Kandinsky in 1911 is a vortex of swirling colors and thick black lines. The painting measures in at 62 7/8 x 98 5/8 inches. Looking closer at it I see that the paint is oil based which adds dimension and texture to it. I feel the weightiness of this painting. I sense the emotion, the expectations, and the memories that fill this piece. Kandinsky’s use of two heavy, black vertical lines separates the piece into to sections. On the right side there is a sense of serenity. The shapes have few sharp edges, the colors are contrasting yet calming, and the figures seem calm and unaffected. The shapes shown are not clustered together. Each has its own space as your eye follows the figure then moving to the mountain, then to the trees, and so on. I can feel the …show more content…
But on the left side the energy changes. The feeling of busyness and anxiety replaces serenity and harmony. As everything on this side is interconnected and jumbled. Like the shapes, the colors are also jumbled together. Not one color stands out where on the right side each color has their own place in the composition. Also on the left side is a rainbow. I feel that this represents the contrast of balance and harmony that lives within the chaos of the left side. I also find it curious that this is the only time on the left side where the colors are not mixed together. I sense that this painting could also conceivably be a representation of the left and right sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is creative which tends to be messy and organized which matches up to the left side of his painting. While the right side of the brain is analytical and logical like the right side of the painting. I believe that the figures in the middle are like the connective tissue in the brain. The figures bridge the