{"id":2864,"date":"2025-05-06T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/publikationen\/bauhausbuecher-9-wassily-kandinsky-point-and-line-to-plane\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:05:20","slug":"bauhausbuecher-9-wassily-kandinsky-point-and-line-to-plane","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/research\/publications\/bauhausbuecher-9-wassily-kandinsky-point-and-line-to-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauhausb\u00fccher 9 \u2013 Wassily Kandinsky: Point and Line to Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-copy' data-pattern='ho\/header-publikationen'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only padding-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-10'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-5'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-10'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n<h1 class=ho-sd-h2>Bauhausb\u00fccher 9 \u2013 Wassily Kandinsky: Point and Line to Plane<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 margin-top-7 col-md-4'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_FQg2tQ\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 2057,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_9_Kandinsky-236x300.jpg\",\"width\":236,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":8010},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_9_Kandinsky-806x1024.jpg\",\"width\":806,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":45453},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_9_Kandinsky-768x976.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":976,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":42566},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_9_Kandinsky-1209x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1209,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":82331},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_9_Kandinsky-346x440.jpg\",\"width\":346,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":14395},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_9_Kandinsky-456x580.jpg\",\"width\":456,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":20723},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_9_Kandinsky-567x720.jpg\",\"width\":567,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":27840},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_9_Kandinsky-1007x1280.jpg\",\"width\":1007,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":62963},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_9_Kandinsky.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1906}},\n\"alt\" : \"Cover of &quot;Kandinsky: Point and Line to Plane&quot; 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showcasing abstract shapes and Bauhaus design elements.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6 margin-top-7 col-md-offset-2'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>Bauhausb\u00fccher 9 \u2013 Wassily Kandinsky: Point and Line to Plane<\/strong><br><br>Edited by Lars M\u00fcller in collaboration with Bauhaus-Archiv\u2009\/\u2009Museum f\u00fcr Gestaltung<br><br>208 pages, 129 illustrations<br>Hardcover<br>Lars M\u00fcller, 2021, English<br><br>This new English translation is published in the layout of the German first edition of 1926 and features a separate commentary.<br><br>Point and Line to Plane, volume 9 of the Bauhausb\u00fccher series, can be seen as a continuation of Wassily Kandinsky's seminal treatise On the Spiritual in Art. Kandinsky's thesis is that different constellations of point, line and surface have different emotional effects on the viewer. Starting from the point (which represents the most concentrated and minimal graphic form), he understands all painterly forms as being a play of forces and counterforces: of contrasts. Kandinsky's essay can be read as an aesthetic analysis of form and its effect on the viewer. Based on the various effects of linear elements on our mood, Kandinsky attempts to develop an order of form types. 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