De lo Espiritual en el Arte | Kandinsky y el Manifiesto de la Necesidad Interior

In this video, we explore Wassily Kandinsky's "Concerning the Spiritual in Art" (Über das Geistige der Kunst), a crucial text that marks the beginning of a systematic unification of artistic theory and the painter's personal response to the difficulties of his craft. Kandinsky (1866-1944) argues that artistic creation is a product of its time but only transcends it if it contains a life-giving, prophetic energy. True art must support the upward movement of the human soul, which is schematically represented as an acute triangle moving slowly forward and upward. At the apex of this triangle, often, stands a single individual, an artist or prophet. Inner Necessity as a Guide: The driving force of all genuine artistic creation is the principle of inner necessity... This principle is the artist's only infallible judge, guiding them in the choice of their means... Inner necessity originates in three mystical requirements of the artist: 1. To express what is proper to their personality. 2. To express what is characteristic of its time (the element of style). 3. To express what is purely and eternally artistic. The Abstract Language of Color and Form: Kandinsky delves into the language of forms and colors, emphasizing that painting must be freed from the external imitation of nature. Color, like a key on a piano, is a means of exerting a direct influence on the soul. • Yellow: It is a typically earthy and warm color that radiates strength and has an eccentric movement (towards the viewer). It can sound like a trumpet or a bugle and is associated with furious madness or blind rage. • Blue: It is the typically celestial color, which develops in depth an element of solemn stillness. Its movement is concentric (away from the viewer). In the musical scale, dark blue corresponds to the marvelous tones of the double bass or an organ. • Green: It arises from the ideal balance between yellow and blue, representing absolute calm and immobility, comparable to the bourgeoisie on the social scale. Just as in music, where sounds penetrate directly into the spirit, Kandinsky saw the possibility of purely pictorial composition where form (geometric or abstract) and color have their own inner sound. This approach rejects the idea of ​​"art for art's sake" (L'art pour l'art), which leads to the dispersion of the artist's energies into nothingness and to material ambition. The artist is seen as a servant of art, with the duty to educate and nurture their own soul. Ultimately, Kandinsky foresaw the arrival of monumental art, a stage composition that would fuse musical movement, pictorial movement, and dance. ... Discover how this artist invites us to look beyond the material and find beauty in what springs from our inner soul's need! (Sources: "Concerning the Spiritual in Art" by Wassily Kandinsky) #Kandinsky #Concerning the Spiritual in Art #InnerNeed #ColorTheory #AbstractArt #SpiritualTriangle #WassilyKandinsky #Expressionism #TheLanguageOfForm #ArtAndMusic