From a flatlandscapeof ruler straight roads and canals, invading seas,brute windsMondrian setthe vertical against the horizontal in a balanceof oppositions.He abandonedgreen so the primary colors would behave with calibratedcalm. Butchaos helddown is not denied. Through these squares no trace of natureremains ex-cept the natureof Nature: red as lust, yellow as greed, blue as crueltyand the blackand whiteof ignorance.
The Art of Confounding Chaos
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