Date of Award
2011-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Communication
Advisor(s)
Stacey K. Sowards
Abstract
The art world is not one in which much scholarship has been conducted from a communication perspective. As such, this study attempts to add to the very little body of work that exists in the realms of both art and visual rhetoric. Abstract art, such as that of Wassily Kandinsky, is full of meaning despite the fact that it is nonobjective, and therefore considered meaningless. Using a rhetorical method, I argue that by examining the artwork of Wassily Kandinsky in certain contexts, it is possible to discover the meaning embedded in his abstract paintings, in particular his Compositions and Improvisations.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2011
File Size
70 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Kandice Nikkole Diaz
Recommended Citation
Diaz, Kandice Nikkole, "Kandinsky's Nonrepresentational Art: Finding Meaning Through Aesthetic Experience" (2011). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 2472.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2472