Tag Archives: Work of art

On the Problem of Form

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Michaela

by Wassily Kandinsky At the appointed time, necessities become ripe. That is the time when the Creative Spirit (which one can also designate as the Abstract Spirit) finds an avenue to the soul, later to other souls, and causes a … Continue reading →

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Sublime beauty

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Michaela

This is just such a beautiful work of art: Botticelli’s Madonna of the Magnificat from c 1481. The work portrays the Virgin Mary crowned by two angels. The Child Jesus is keeping in a hand the pomegranate, symbol of the Resurrection. The … Continue reading →

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