The Painter Wassily Kandinsky Believed That Coherence and Harmony in a Painting

question 12

Multiple Choice

The painter Wassily Kandinsky believed that coherence and harmony in a painting couldbe achieved by using only __________.

• A) highly realistic figures, so viewers could read the narrative
• B) light and shadow in order to minimize the number of elements
• C) colors and shapes, with no references to the physical world
• D) black and white instead of the usual range of colors

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