Question

Please describe how the artists Kandinsky and Mondrian used the formal element of line. Compare and contrast their styles in seven or eight sentences. Which artist used expressive line? Which artist used analytic line? How were outlines, contour lines and implied lines used in these paintings? Which painting is two dimensional, and which painting appears to be three dimensional? Which painting suggests movement?

Answer 1

Answer: Kandinsky and Mondrian both believed in the power of lines. Although their styles were very different.

Explanation:

Kandinsky was concerned about conveying spirituality through his art. communication of universalities through an abstract aesthetic language.

He believed in the emotional impact of line in art. The paintings he created he  used line formally to outline shapes, create dimensional forms, and to create perspective, and also to inspire emotional effect. In his paintings he uses crossed horizontal and vertical lines,  multiple diagonal lines that create movement toward and also curved lines that give a biological presence.

Mondrian utilized only horizontal and vertical lines. He thought he could communicate the underlying spiritual truth of the universe through his art.  Mondrian rejected diagonal lines because he wanted to avoid perspective in order to obtain a flat plane. And he rejected curves because he wanted to communicate something essential. He believed horizontal and vertical lines alone represented the pure and opposing forces of the universe.