Paul Klee: Painting Music

By Hajo Düchting

Book Overview

A talented violinist as well as a painter, Klee drew much of the inspiration for his abstract art from musical rhythms and structures. Like a composer, he developed and harmonized pictorial themes,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3791326899
• ISBN13: 9783791326894
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful buddhist read, from a unique perspective. Just read it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I read it cover-to-cover in the week after receiving it and was helped by it. Geri has the unique distinction in my experience of relating her own experience on her path rather than pointing to an idealized or abstracted one. I found that to be very accessible and easy to relate to. As a bonus, I learned a lot more of the history of Korea than I had known and developed a greater respect for...

Flaws and all

In many ways I agree with the previous review, although I draw slightly different conclusions. Often when I travel to other countries (even without an occasionally raging zen teacher; and even without having to constantly worry about the sometimes shifting protocols of new monasteries), I find myself fantasizing about a good omelette or NPR. That's true whether or not I'm trying like hell to be a solid, present little zen...

an amazing doorway

What an amazing journey I took when I read this book. Knowing little to nothing about Korea (ok there was that MASH tv show) and just a tad bit more about zen, I found myself alternating between tenderness and strength as I read through her journeys. A must read for anyone who thinks they are able to handle the rigors of a spiritual practice!

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