fb pixcode
ARTBOOK LOGO

ART CRITICISM, THEORY AND HISTORY

PUBLISHER
Bokförlaget Stolpe

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 350 pgs / 100 color / 100 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Active

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2022 p. 81   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9789189425354 TRADE
List Price: $30.00 CAD $40.00

AVAILABILITY
In stock

TERRITORY
NA ONLY

THE SPRING 2025 ARTBOOK | D.A.P. CATALOG

Artbook | D.A.P. Catalog Cover Link
Preview our SPRING 2025 catalog, featuring more than 500 new books on art, photography, design, architecture, film, music and visual culture.
  

BOKFöRLAGET STOLPE

The Sounding Cosmos

A Study in the Spiritualism of Kandinsky and the Genesis of Abstract Painting

By Sixten Ringbom. Foreword by Daniel Birnbaum, Julia Voss. Translation by Ruth Urbom.

The Sounding Cosmos

Long unavailable and highly sought after, Ringbom's classic 1970 volume launched the study of esotericism's influence on abstract art

For many years, relatively few people knew of spiritualism’s impact on the birth of abstract art. But when the Finnish art historian Sixten Ringbom’s book The Sounding Cosmos was published in 1970, the writing of history changed forever. Through his research on Wassily Kandinsky, one of the pivotal figures in modern art, Ringbom showed how Theosophy and esoteric teachings were absolutely essential to the development of nonfigurative painting.
This discovery generated great debate at the time, and the book was both celebrated and controversial. Although the original publication is extremely rare and sought after, to this day The Sounding Cosmos is a classic of art history that continues to be discussed—especially in recent years, as the presence of esotericism in modernist art from Hilma af Klint to Mondrian and beyond has been revisited.
The Sounding Cosmos is now being reissued for the first time in this elegant new edition. The richly illustrated original text has been supplemented with a new foreword by Daniel Birnbaum and Julia Voss.
Sixten Ringbom (1935–92) was an influential Finnish art historian. In 1965 he completed a PhD under the great art historian Ernst Gombrich. Ringbom succeeded his father as professor of art history at Åbo Akademi University in 1970, and became the first art historian to explore in depth the connections between early abstract art and occultism. He published prolifically until his death in 1992.


"All Saints I (Allerheiligen I)" (1911) is reproduced from 'The Sounding Cosmos'.

The Sounding Cosmos

in stock  $30.00


Free Shipping

UPS GROUND IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
FOR CONSUMER ONLINE ORDERS

FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 6/9/2022

A new edition of Sixten Ringbom's classic study of esotericism's influence on abstract art

A new edition of Sixten Ringbom's classic study of esotericism's influence on abstract art

Wassily Kandinsky’s With Swan (Mit schwan) (c. 1912) is reproduced from The Sounding Cosmos: A Study in the Spiritualism of Kandinsky and the Genesis of Abstract Painting, Finnish art historian Sixten Ringbom’s classic and highly-sought-after 1970 volume on esotericism and art, reissued for the first time in this elegant, 350-page volume from Bokförlaget Stolpe—enhanced in this edition by a supplemental text by Daniel Birnbaum and Julia Voss. Topics include the dissolution of matter and the collapse of science; the disintegration of the atom; thought transference and thought images; the paths of inner knowledge—and more. For anyone interested in Theosophy, spiritualism, occultism or esotericism in Modern art, this is a book for life. continue to blog


FORTHCOMING AND NEW: CRITICISM AND THEORY

Oslo Pilot (2015–17)

OSLO PILOT (2015–17)

Mousse Publishing

ISBN: 9788867493425
USD $37.00
| CAD $55

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
Active | Out of stock


The dreams of the oppressed are the nightmares of the colonial world

THE DREAMS OF THE OPPRESSED ARE THE NIGHTMARES OF THE COLONIAL WORLD

CARA

ISBN: 9781954939103
USD $18.00
| CAD $27 UK £ 15

Pub Date: 5/6/2025
Forthcoming


Configurations of Time

CONFIGURATIONS OF TIME

Set Margins’ publications

ISBN: 9789083404196
USD $19.00
| CAD $28.5

Pub Date: 2/11/2025
Active | In stock


Hands on Research for Artists, Designers & Educators

HANDS ON RESEARCH FOR ARTISTS, DESIGNERS & EDUCATORS

Set Margins’ publications

ISBN: 9789083404165
USD $23.00
| CAD $34.5

Pub Date: 2/11/2025
Forthcoming


Residencies Reflected

RESIDENCIES REFLECTED

Mousse Publishing

ISBN: 9788867496310
USD $30.00
| CAD $45

Pub Date: 2/11/2025
Active | In stock


Maîtresses d'autrefois

MAîTRESSES D'AUTREFOIS

JRP|Editions

ISBN: 9783037645789
USD $25.00
| CAD $38 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 2/4/2025
Active | In stock


Mission and Commission

MISSION AND COMMISSION

Polígrafa

ISBN: 9788434314818
USD $25.00
| CAD $38

Pub Date: 3/25/2025
Forthcoming


Extraordinary Art Dealers

EXTRAORDINARY ART DEALERS

HENI Publishing

ISBN: 9781912122981
USD $35.00
| CAD $53

Pub Date: 2/25/2025
Forthcoming


Wicked Arts Education

WICKED ARTS EDUCATION

Valiz

ISBN: 9789493246386
USD $25.00
| CAD $38

Pub Date: 3/4/2025
Forthcoming


Henry Martin: An Active Ear

HENRY MARTIN: AN ACTIVE EAR

Spector Books

ISBN: 9783959058223
USD $45.00
| CAD $68

Pub Date: 3/25/2025
Forthcoming


Contingent Agencies

CONTINGENT AGENCIES

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775759038
USD $50.00
| CAD $75

Pub Date: 3/25/2025
Forthcoming


The Farm at Black Mountain College

THE FARM AT BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE

Atelier Éditions/Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

ISBN: 9781954957114
USD $35.00
| CAD $52 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 12/17/2024
Active | In stock