Paul Klee - Melodie und Rhytmus - Sold

2006, 248 pages, 254 illustrations, 24.2 x 32.3 cm, bound with dust jacket Publisher: Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, text(s) by Michael Baumgartner, Simon Crameri, Christine Hopfengart, Makoto Miyashita, Tilman Osterwold, Beate Schlichenmaier, Christoph Wagner, Osamu Okuda, Kaspar Zehnder. German | Paul Klee (1879–1940) pondered for a long time whether he should become a painter or a musician. Although he eventually chose art, his passion for music remained throughout his life. Klee, who came from a musical family and was an excellent violinist, loved the world of opera in particular. He was a regular at the opera house and an excellent connoisseur of the entire classical and romantic operatic repertoire. Numerous references to music can be found not only in Klee's artistic theory and teaching, but also in his work: the compositional, rhythmic and melodic aspects of his paintings and drawings often follow musical principles; some of his works can certainly be freely interpreted as »scores«. The volume brings together the latest research on this bridging of the visual arts and music in Paul Klee's life and work. A selection of around 150 of Klee's works on the subject is enriched by materials from his Bauhaus lessons, which provide an insight into the artist's theoretical engagement with music.