Now available in a new format, this opulent book presents Vasily Kandinsky's major paintings from all phases of his artistic career and celebrates the artist and his groundbreaking work. This generously illustrated volume displays Vasily Kandinsky's brilliant use of color, shape, and composition through approximately 250 full-color illustrations. Essays by the world's leading Kandinsky experts focus on the evolution of his work throughout all periods of his career: his exploration of his Russian roots and his emigration to Munich; his attraction to the Art Nouveau and fauvist movements; the...

Throughout the many decades of his career, Heinz Mack has kept a singular focus on light. The search for new possibilities for visualizing light has kept him open to new ideas for more than half a century, providing inspiration for both new forms and new techniques. This book, compiled by Mack himself, draws on his entire oeuvre to reveal the multifaceted role of light within his work. Through Mack's art, we see natural and artificial life anew, as it can only be seen through the vision of a mystic who nonetheless works confidently with the tools and information of our rational age.