altarpiece no 2 hilma de klint

altarpiece no 2 hilma de klintBetween the lower and the higher, the internal and the external, the earthly and the spiritual, reality and metaphysics, good and evil: the metaphorical choice of colours is established such as blue for the feminine spirit, yellow for the masculine spirit and red for love. Thus the horizontal reading, composed of red and pink, is disrupted when the gaping triangle reverses the direction of the composition to raise the earthly spirit to the celestial.

with a coastal landscape in the background

Kandinsky uses a bright and contrasting colour palette

The evocative title directs its reading

The city of Paris and the Eiffel Tower in particular

the touches of colour on the bodies are singular and specific to the artist

Edward Hopper's East Wind Over Weehawken depicts a peaceful urban scene in a residential neighbourhood in Weehawken

which also includes Altarpiece - No 1 and Altarpiece - No 2

was Botticelli's muse when he created thiswork

by meticulous composition

In this oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian

The representation of space also follows the breaks in the plane typical of Cubist paintings: each element of the painting has its own point of view and its own scale

is a recurring subject in the artist's work