Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 6
3. Preface 7
4. 1 Mondrian and the architecture of the future 9
5. 2 Malevich and the ascent into ether 47
6. 3 Kandinsky and the sound of colour 81
7. 4 Pollock and the search for a symbol 113
8. 5 Newman, Rothko, Still and the reductive image 153
9. 6 Newman, Rothko, Still and the abstract sublime 195
10. Notes on the text 233
11. List of illustrations and sources 235
12. Index 239