assignment #4

1. What was the subject of his work?
The subject  of  Kandinsky's paintings was the promotion of modern art and the possibilities of spiritual experience through symbolic associations of color. He often painted scenes from the book of revelation in the bible. Depicting the riders on their horses through line, color, and composition.
2. Describe the kind of painting he did?
For Kandinsky, painting was above all deeply spiritual . He was highly influenced by the sensorial properties of color and sound, and sought to visualize these properties through increasingly abstract compositions. Also he produced  figurative works, in compositions of complex patterns and brilliant colors such as Composition VII (1913). As a painter, Kandinsky saw himself as a prophetic figure, whose mission was to translate the most profound human emotions into universally comprehensible symbols and visual sensations.

3. Discuss synesthesia.
Synesthesia is a neurologically based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. Synesthesia in art has historically referred to a wide variety of artistic experiments that have explored the co-operation of the senses. Synesthetes often report that they were unaware their experiences were unusual until they realized other people did not have them.