Paul Klee Notebooks Volume 2 The Nature of Nature
By Paul Klee
1973
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This second volume of Klee's notebooks follows on where volume one left off, and comprises essentially the notes and illustrations for the "General system of pictorial media combined with nature study" on which Klee lectured at the Bauhaus in the winter of 1923/24. It overlaps with and complements the material included in volume one, but it is not limited to the lecture notes proper for the years 1923/24. Related material, problems and notes from Klee's other papers have also been included where they help to develop particular arguments.
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Paul Klee
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Paul Klee; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, and is considered both a Swiss painter and a German painter. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. He was, as well, a student of orientalism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually mastered color theory, and wrote extensively about it; his lectures Writings on Form and Design Theory (Schriften zur Form und Gestaltungslehre), published in English as the Paul Klee Notebooks, are considered so important for modern art that they are compared to the importance that Leonardo da Vinci's A Treatise on Painting had for Renaissance. He and his colleague, the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, both taught at the German Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture. His works reflect his dry humour and his sometimes childlike perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality.
