Review of 'Point and line to plane' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
Absolutely awful. One of the worst books I've ever read. Kandinsky's writing is extremely weak, with numerous undefined terms (especially "tension", "sound" and "temperature" as they relate to graphic objects), and an abundance of unsupported claims. For example,
The most objective of the three typical angles is the right angle, which also is the coldest. It divides the square plane into exactly 4 parts. The acute angle is the tensest as well as the warmest. It cuts the plane into exactly eight parts.
and
At the moment the point is moved from the center of the basic plane - eccentric structure - the double sound becomes audible: 1. absolute sound of the point, 2. sound of the given location in the basic plane. This second sound, which in the case of the centric structure was almost silenced, again becomes distinct and transforms the sound of the point from the absolute …
Absolutely awful. One of the worst books I've ever read. Kandinsky's writing is extremely weak, with numerous undefined terms (especially "tension", "sound" and "temperature" as they relate to graphic objects), and an abundance of unsupported claims. For example,
The most objective of the three typical angles is the right angle, which also is the coldest. It divides the square plane into exactly 4 parts. The acute angle is the tensest as well as the warmest. It cuts the plane into exactly eight parts.
and
At the moment the point is moved from the center of the basic plane - eccentric structure - the double sound becomes audible: 1. absolute sound of the point, 2. sound of the given location in the basic plane. This second sound, which in the case of the centric structure was almost silenced, again becomes distinct and transforms the sound of the point from the absolute to the relative.
Hogwash.
I'm a mathematician and an art creator, so perhaps this kind of pseudo-mathematical writing disturbs me more than it would others. It's a great disappointment, since I revere much of Kandinsky's art.