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One of the goals of Modernism was the presentation of the essence of art, or pure form. Encouraged by theorists, modern artists found pure form in ornament which, though promising, was sullied by connotations of materiality, domesticity, and femininity.Jenny Anger demonstrates that the decorative significantly informed Paul Klee's art.She compares his work to that of another major modernist, Henri Matisse, to confirm the critical role of the decorative in Modernism. Anger also explores the relevance of the decorative for contemporary and, especially, women artists. ... Read more

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Fitting Paul Klee's extraordinary oeuvre into book form is certainly a complex endeavor--Klee's diverse body of work is always opening itself up to new interpretations, and has escaped classification under the aegis of any particular style, group, or movement. This monograph achieves this feat by offering Klee in all his uniqueness, never attempting to subject the artist and his work to one interpretation. Here we see Klee's organically developed and open-ended art, which sought inspiration everywhere and in turn inspired so many in all areas of the arts. Fairytale lyricism and grotesque satire, tender jesting and very real horror, profound mysticism and sober romanticism all coexist in Klee's images. These works radiate a variety and creative energy that is rarely seen in such profusion. "Paul Klee: Life and Work" presents a comprehensive selection of paintings and other images, documented in nearly 500 color and black-and-white images, alongside essays that explore the artist's life and offer surprising insights into his work. "To wander through Klee's work is a wonderful, exciting adventure, an adventure of the spirit and of the heart. Amazing insights into the spheres of nature, and material things, of bestial creatures and of human beings are revealed, insights into cosmic episodes full of wit and profundity."--Carola Giedion-Welcker
Harcover, 9.5 x 11.75 inches, 356 pages, 142 color and 310 black & white illustrations. ... Read more

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The Klee Universe
We were fortunate to have obtained a windfall of 9 Klee books:
First published in 1987 in accompaniment to a MOMA exhibit.Then RE worked and re-edited. This is THE definitive Klee art book!

1st an exhaustive in depth biography.An unbelievable historical journey.spanning all the various influences.Bringing to life the world around Klee and its changing climate as Klee matured into a master artist.

The 2nd half of this large art tome presents 213 exquisitely reproduced works of art.Drawings/ etchings/ paintings/ and puppets.The color scale exact.THe choices range from familiar KLee icons to rare works of wonder.

WOW - Klee heaven!

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The best intro to Klee
This book, a catalogue for an exhibit held at MOMA, is the best general publication in English on Klee's work. Beautiful reproductions, a clear chronologically organized text, it successfully answers the challenge of summing up the career of this giant of XXth century art. It is getting harder and harder to find, so if you can get your hands on it, it is an opportunity not to be lost. ... Read more

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top book of the 20th century
I was happy to learn that these two volumes are in a book of the 100 top books of the 20th century. The only art book listed.I bought my two volumes after selling one of my own paintings. The price of the set you will find varies in price according to publication date.Initially this is the record of Klee's outline and notes on his classes on design.A good library of a professional artist shouldn't be without this set. Another series is the Documents of Modern Art edited by Robert Motherwell. I would approach the Thinking Eye by giving one of the sections as an assignment.By doing some practical work along side reading the texts you will understand what Klee is getting at.Many of Klee's exercises are from his fabric design classes at the Bauhaus.In studying Klee's work alongside his class outline you will see that they aren't just design but possess a painterliness of their own.Klee's ambition was to establish a new standard of teaching art. Such as the musicians of Mozart era.Winston Hough

A thoughtful and perceptive artist
These notebooks are the work of a thoughtful and perceptive artist. They give insight into his own creative process. The sense I have is that they will be especially useful for artists as they touch often upon technical matters the common reader like myself does not always readily understand. ... Read more

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A brief biography of this twentieth-century German artist accompanies reproductions and analyses of several of his works. ... Read more

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Printed in BrazilTranslated from Getting to know the world's great artists ... Read more

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Great exhibition catalog featuring the work of Modern artist Paul Klee. 34 full-page color illustrations of works by Klee. Drawings, paintings, figures, animals, abstract works, Surrealism. Includes 10 black and white photographs of Klee and writings by Klee.Softcover. 93 pages. Measures 8 1/2 by 10 inches. Interesting book / catalog, nicely illustrated. ... Read more

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Paul Klee (1879_1940) is one of the most significant and best-loved artists of the twentieth century. For the nine volumes of this landmark in Paul Klee scholarship, the Berne-based Paul Klee Foundation has researched intensively the artist's 9,600 drawings, prints, watercolors, and oil paintings, allowing the artist's complete works to be assembled and published for the first time. Presenting Klee's oeuvre in chronological order, each volume contains an introduction in German and English, an explanation of the catalogue system, a German-English glossary, a bibliography, and indexes. All the entries are illustrated and include catalogue numbers, technical descriptions, measurements, references to related works, details of provenance and location, relevant literature, and a list of exhibitions and auctions in which works have appeared. Klee's own entries from the catalogue he wrote from 1911 onwards are also included, and the most important works of his career are illustrated in color. Volume III follows Klee from 1919 through 1922, when he taught at the Bauhaus and became particularly involved with Bauhaus theater. Many of his works from this period--masks, clowns, acrobats, ballet dancers--reflect the influence of drama, ballet, the circus, and cabaret performances. This monumental publication is an essential reference work for libraries, art resources, and lovers of Klee's poetic, imaginative, and wholly original work. ... Read more

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Great book by Modern Surrealist artist on art and his work. 30 black and white illustrations of drawings and prints by Klee from th 1910s through the 1940s. Animals, Surrealsim, birds, abstract images.Softcover. 55 pages. Measures 7 1/4 by 7 1/4 inches. Interesting book, nicely illustrated. ... Read more

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Pioneering manifesto on Modern Art which I had difficulty understanding
Herbert Read in his Introduction to this work says that it constitutes " the most profound and illuminating statement of the aesthetic basis of the modern movement in art ever made by a practicing artist" I do not have the professional knowledge or aesthetic training to quarrel with Read. I can only give my personal impression of Klee's treatise which was given at the opening of an exhibition in Jena in 1924. I understand that Klee is in the Treatise arguing against the view that the criterion for judging the work of the artist is its being an accurate copy of nature. Klee puts the emphasis on the organic shaping power of the creative process , and gives examples of how this works. The text contains sketches by Klee illustrative of the process. My suspicion is that this focus on the 'organic ' the growing and developing element is what makes Klee so congenial to Herbert Read whose Theory of Art focuses on this concept.
However I personally could not really understand the process as Klee describes it in this work. Read says the book is cryptic and aphoristic. I did not find it aphoristic but I did find it cryptic and more.
Perhaps here however it is wiser to "Trust the Artist and not the Reader" as my own understanding in these matters is limited.
One point. The work is very short, the illustrations 'pleasant' if not perhaps as profound as Klee maintains them to be.
Other readers truly have to judge for themselves.

Incorrect page number information
Just a quick note on the number of pages. It only contains 56 pages of text amd images, not the over 150 pages as provided in the item description.

As for the content 5 out of 5.

as valid today as 72 years ago
This slim volume is the text of a lecture Klee delivered in 1924 on the occasion of the opening of a museum exhibit of modern art. It is both an educational lecture on color and form and an explanation of modern art that largely escapes being a defense. Klee's discourse is not simply an historical piece. It is as valid today as it was when he delivered it seventy-two years ago. Klee was Kandinsky's neighbor during the years they both taught at the Bauhaus. They shared more than the basement that connected their duplex apartments; they shared a belief in art as a spiritual pursuit. ... Read more

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Paul Klee (1879-1940) is one of the most significant and best-loved artists of the twentieth century. For the nine volumes of this landmark project, the Berne-based Paul Klee Foundation has researched the artist's 9,600 drawings, prints, watercolors, and oil paintings, allowing the artist's complete works to be assembled and published for the first time. Each volume contains an introduction in German and English, an explanation of the catalogue system, a German-English glossary, a bibliography, and indexes. All the entries are illustrated and include catalogue numbers, technical descriptions, measurements, references to related works, details of provenance and location, relevant literature, and a list of exhibitions and auctions in which works have appeared. Klee's own entries from the catalogue he maintained from 1911 onward are also included, and the most important works are illustrated in color. From 1927 to 1930, Klee's teaching at the Bauhaus in Dessau was interspersed with trips abroad. These included a journey up the Nile to see the famous monuments at Luxor, Karnak, Thebes, and other ancient Egyptian sites, as well as visits to the south of France and northern Italy—all valuable sources of visual inspiration. In 1930, to celebrate Klee's fiftieth birthday, a major exhibition of his work was held in Berlin, followed by another at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Over 1000 illustrations, 100 in color. ... Read more

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Paul Klee (1879-1940) is one of the most significant and best-loved artists of the twentieth century. For the nine volumes of this landmark project, the Berne-based Paul Klee Foundation has researched the artist's 9,600 drawings, prints, watercolors, and oil paintings, allowing the artist's complete works to be assembled and published for the first time.

Each volume contains an introduction in German and English, an explanation of the catalogue system, a German-English glossary, a bibliography, and indexes. All the entries are illustrated and include catalogue numbers, technical descriptions, measurements, references to related works, details of provenance and location, relevant literature, and a list of exhibitions and auctions in which works have appeared. Klee's own entries from the catalogue he maintained from 1911 onwards are also included, and the most important works are illustrated in color.

Following his dismissal from the Kunstakadamie in Düsseldorf in 1933, Klee left Germany to take up permanent residence in Switzerland. By 1935 he was experiencing the first signs of illness which would lead temporarily to a marked decline in his output. A large Klee retrospective was held in Berne in 1935, and he was also represented in the Bauhaus exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1938. Over 1000 illustrations, 100 in color. ... Read more

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Paul Klee (1879-1940) is one of the most significant and best-loved artists of the twentieth century. For the nine volumes of this landmark in Paul Klee scholarship, the Berne-based Paul Klee Foundation has researched intensively the artist's 9,600 drawings, prints, watercolors, and oil paintings, allowing the artist's complete works to be assembled and published for the first time. Presenting Klee's oeuvre in chronological order, each volume contains an introduction in German and English, an explanation of the catalogue system, a German-English glossary, a bibliography, and indexes. All the entries are illustrated and include catalogue numbers, technical descriptions, measurements, references to related works, details of provenance and location, relevant literature, and a list of exhibitions and auctions in which works have appeared. Klee's own entries from the catalogue he wrote from 1911 onwards are also included, and the most important works of his career are illustrated in color. Volume III follows Klee from 1919 through 1922, when he taught at the Bauhaus and became particularly involved with Bauhaus theater. Many of his works from this period--masks, clowns, acrobats, ballet dancers--reflect the influence of drama, ballet, the circus, and cabaret performances. This monumental publication is an essential reference work for libraries, art resources, and lovers of Klee's poetic, imaginative, and wholly original work. ... Read more

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Paul Klee (1879-1940) is one of the most significant and best-loved artists of the twentieth century. For the nine volumes of this landmark project, the Berne-based Paul Klee Foundation has researched the artist's 9,600 drawings, prints, watercolors, and oil paintings, allowing the artist's complete works to be assembled and published for the first time.

Each volume contains an introduction in German and English, an explanation of the catalogue system, a German-English glossary, a bibliography, and indexes. All the entries are illustrated and include catalogue numbers, technical descriptions, measurements, references to related works, details of provenance and location, relevant literature, and a list of exhibitions and auctions in which works have appeared. Klee's own entries from the catalogue he maintained from 1911 onward are also included, and the most important works are illustrated in color.

In 1939, Klee was settled in Berne. His work from the period, especially the masks, alludes to the political situation in Europe and reflects Klee's consciousness of threat. Over 1000 illustrations, 100 in color. ... Read more

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Paul Klee (1879-1940) is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. For the nine volumes of this landmark project, the Berne-based Paul Klee Foundation has researched the artist's 9,600 drawings, prints, watercolors, and oil paintings, allowing the artist's complete works to be assembled and published for the first time.

Each volume contains an introduction in German and English, an explanation of the catalogue system, a German-English glossary, a bibliography, and indexes. All the entries are illustrated and include catalogue numbers, technical descriptions, measurements, references to related works, details of provenance and location, relevant literature, and a list of exhibitions and auctions in which works have appeared. Klee's own entries from the catalogue he maintained from 1911 onward are also included, and the most important works are illustrated in color.

Following Klee's sixtieth birthday on December 18, 1939, a major exhibition of works dating from 1935 onward was held at the Kunsthaus in Berne. For the first few months of 1940 he continued working. This volume features the final few hundred works produced by Klee until he was obliged to enter a hospital. He died on June 28, 1940. Over 1000 illustrations, 100 in color. ... Read more

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Neo Bauhaus
I got what I was looking for in excellent condition, new in box, cheaper than used ones offered by others. ... Read more

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Great calendar for Klee enthusiasts
Love this calendar!We laminated it to display after 2008 was over.And we keep coming back for more Klee calendars! ... Read more