Traditional Art

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White Line - by Wassily Kandinsky (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That is brilliant.

Seriously, if you've run across this and are thinking "wtf is this abstract mess?"

Take a step back, follow the line, then step back again and ignore the line while looking at the shapes. Then step back again and look at the whole. There's a depth to this that isn't apparent on the surface.

It really does exactly what good abstract is supposed to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That is brilliant.

Seriously, if you’ve run across this and are thinking “wtf is this abstract mess?”

Take a step back, follow the line, then step back again and ignore the line while looking at the shapes. Then step back again and look at the whole. There’s a depth to this that isn’t apparent on the surface.

It really does exactly what good abstract is supposed to.

I tried to do what you said but the sheer brightness of the line (especially where it gets thicker towards the top left) makes it harder for me to ignore it