Tag: Alexandre Kojève

PAINTING     We have spoken of Art while making use of the example of painting. Let us now speak of painting while making use of what we have said about Art. Each of the senses has its art.     Painting is the Art of the sense of sight. One sees space and surface. … Continue reading The Concrete Paintings of Kandinsky by Alexandre Kojève – Part II. PAINTING

Kojève was born in Russia to a wealthy and influential family. His uncle was the abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky, about whose work he would write this influential essay in 1936. He was educated in Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany. He completed his PhD, on the Russian religious philosopher Vladimir Soloviev’s views on the union of God and man in Christ under the … Continue reading The Concrete Paintings of Kandinsky by Alexandre Kojève – Part I. ART