Geometric abstraction and the search for universal visual order are the central subjects of Piet Mondrian’s writings. Collections often include essays on Neo-Plasticism, in which Mondrian argues for reducing art to fundamental relationships of line, colour and balance rather than representing visible objects. His texts also connect painting with architecture, music and the hope that abstract form could express a more universal order. The prose is theoretical, repetitive and closely tied to early twentieth-century modernist debates, so illustrated or annotated editions are especially useful. Readers should approach these books as artists’ writings rather than a conventional narrative oeuvre. Mondrian belongs under abstract art, De Stijl, modernist theory and primary-source writing on geometric abstraction. Read more Less
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