Composition X

Kandinsky often compared painting on a canvas to the composition of beautiful melody, and as such, named many of his painting variants simply as Composition. His analogy of art as a musical composition revolved around the piano - the eyes are the hammers, the color is the keyboard, and the soul is the piano and its strings. Like music, which is not just jumbles of notes, Kandinsky’s works were not just amalgamations of non-distinct shapes and colors. They were carefully arranged musical elements, precisely proportioned to evoke a strong aesthetic and emotional response from the viewer.