Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky
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Arise out of the first antithesis from: 1. Active element of the yellow in red = Orange 2. Passive element of the blue in red = Violet <---Orange---Yellow<--<--<--Red-->-->-->Blue---Violet---> In excentric Motion within In Concentric direction itself direction As in a great circle, a serpent biting its own tail (the symbol of eternity, of something without end) the six colours appear that make up the three main antitheses. And to right and left stand the two great possibilities of silence--death and birth (see Fig. 3). FIGURE III. A Yellow / \ / \ / \ D C |
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