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

File Size

70 pages

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Kandice Nikkole Diaz

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