这本生动的书讲述了抽象艺术不断发展的故事，描述了它从20世纪初至今的历史。抽象艺术脱胎于西方的几场运动，如立体主义和表现主义，迅速成为一种全球现象，改变了现代和当代艺术的面貌。Stephanie Straine将**的先驱者的讲述与对世界各地不太知名的几位开创者的有趣见解交织在一起。

Straine生动的讨论让七十多位创新艺术家——从Wassily Kandinsky到Emma Kunz和Rana Begum——的作品不再神秘，并提升了我们对他们概念方法的欣赏。参考资料部分包括抽象艺术重要展览的时间时间表，进一步阅读的建议和艺术术语表。

This lively introduction tells the ever-

evolving story of abstract art, tracing its history from the early 1900s right up to the present day. Emerging out of western movements such as Cubism and Expressionism, abstract art quickly became a global phenomenon, changing the face of modern and contemporary art. Stephanie Straine weaves accounts of well-

known pioneers with fascinating insights into lesser-known ground-breakers from across the world.

Although abstraction in art is often associated with vagueness or the forbiddingly theoretical, for many artists the abstract represents pure simplicity. Straine’s vivid discussion demystifies the work of over seventy innovative artists – from Wassily Kandinsky to Emma Kunz and Rana Begum – and develops our appreciation of their conceptual approach. A reference section includes a timeline of key exhibitions of abstract art, suggestions for further reading and a glossary of art terms.