Vasilii Kandinskii (1866-1944) was at once an artist, poet, playwright, writer, and art historian. Most attention in this book is paid to his last capacity, his literary and theoretical works about art: About the Spiritual in Art (1911), Dot and Line on a Surface (1926), articles and presentations of 1900-1920s. Includes over 100 color and black-and-white illustrations. Biographical dictionary and chronicle of Kandinskii's life. List of color illustrations.