Kandinsky: Sketch for Impression 3

Sketch for Impression 3 drew my attention immediately. The work captured the enthusiastic mood of a party while reducing the affair down to bare necessities. Sketch for Impression 3 is a chalk drawing down by Kandinsky (in many ways the father of abstract art) in representational style. He made the piece to capture the experience of attending Arnold Schoenberg's Munich concert January 1911. Here the concert is reduced to minimum outlines, enough to document what was there.

I like that there is a bare minimum of detail, leaving one to imagine the rest of the detail. For me Sketch for Impression 3 acts as mental scaffolding for my mind to build on. Every time I look at it I add more detail, the color of dress, what type of chandelier is hanging, the intimate lighting.

Clearly Kandinsky's work succeeds in carrying across what it was to be at Schoenberg's Munich concert over a century ago. It presents ideas about a heterosexually dominated culture, where in those dancing together were only men and women. It seems to show them deeply entranced with one another, by the tilt of their had and body postures. Before experiencing this piece I had a more is better view of artwork. The more detail, the more impressive something was. However I've really enjoyed how my mind has been free to fill in the details.

My interpretation of Kandinsky's work next to his

int width=600;

int height=400;

void setup() {

  size(width, height);

  smooth();

}

void draw () {

  background(200, 183, 156);

  //ceiling

  beginShape();

  vertex (60, 0);

  vertex (200, 150);

  vertex (520, 0);

  fill (200, 183, 156);

  endShape();

  // floor

  beginShape();

  //left side

  vertex (0, 380);

  //center corner

  vertex (200, 300);

  //right side

  vertex (570, 390);

  endShape();

  //corner

  line(200, 150, 200, 300);

  //ligthing chord

  line (270, 0, 270, 140);

  //chandelier top

  bezier(205, 160, 260, 130, 280, 130, 335, 160);

  //light 1, starting point same as bezier for top arche

  bezier(210, 160, 212, 170, 219, 170, 216, 160);

  //light 2, starting point same as bezier for top arche

  bezier(218, 164, 222, 174, 226, 174, 223, 164);

  //light 3, starting point same as bezier for top arche

  bezier(220, 155, 225, 170, 230, 170, 235, 155);

  //light last, starting point same as bezier for top arche

  bezier(320, 155, 325, 170, 330, 170, 335, 155);

  bezier(280, 155, 290, 170, 290, 170, 300, 155);

  bezier(270, 155, 280, 170, 280, 170, 284, 155);

  bezier(250, 155, 260, 170, 264, 170, 270, 155);

  

  //piano hood

  beginShape();

  //left top corner

  vertex (250, 190);

  //top right corner

  vertex (280, 190);

  vertex (370, 320);

  vertex (290, 300);

  vertex (250, 190);

  fill (0);

  endShape();

  //piano body

  ellipse (342, 328, 70, 34);

  beginShape();

  vertex(344, 300);

  vertex (320,342);

  vertex (237,320);

  vertex (237,300);

  endShape();

  

  //wheels

  ellipse (310, 343, 12, 12);

  ellipse (250, 328, 12, 12);

  //man in fron of piano

  beginShape();

  vertex(367,370);

  vertex (367, 270);

  vertex (350, 290);

  vertex (360, 370);

  endShape();

  fill (200, 183, 156);

  bezier (367, 270, 395, 250, 360, 250, 360, 275);

  //woman

  fill (200, 183, 156);

  bezier(360,380,356,350,370,290,330,270);

  bezier(335,270, 327,280, 350,300, 350, 380);

  //woman's head

  bezier(335,270, 320,250,360,245, 340,270);

  bezier (340,255, 358,245,350,230,340,230);

  //main woman

  bezier (220,270, 210,290, 210, 300, 200,350);

  bezier (200,350,220,370,230,330,232,350);

  bezier(232,350, 216,340,216, 320, 220, 270);

  bezier (216, 270, 220, 266, 222, 258, 234, 254);

  ellipse (220, 270, 10, 17);

  

  //main man

  fill(0);

  //body

  bezier(190, 270, 180, 290, 180, 300, 200, 370);

  //leg

  bezier(190, 300, 175, 320, 175, 340, 170, 374);

  //arm

  bezier (180, 290, 190, 300, 192, 310, 220, 306);

  fill(200, 183, 156);

  ellipse (190, 270, 10, 16);

  fill(0);

 //chair

 bezier (30, 270,20, 300, 20, 340, 30, 370);

 beginShape();

 vertex(30, 320);

 vertex(60, 340);

 vertex(55, 350);

 vertex (30, 350);

 endShape();

 line(50, 350, 50, 370);

 line(60, 340, 60, 370);

 //woman there

 //piano player head

 fill(200, 183, 156);

 ellipse (255, 280, 12, 15);

 //piano player

 fill(0);

 beginShape();

 vertex(260, 290);

 vertex(250,290);

 vertex(235, 310);

 vertex(255, 310);

 endShape();

 line (255, 310, 270, 290);

}