Reference text by Hans L.C. Jaffé on the evolution of modernism. With texts and illustrations by Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, Hans Richter, Bart van der Leck, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud, Cornelis van Eesteren, El Lissitzky, Friedrick Vordemberge - Gildewart, Georges Vantongerloo, Vilmos Huszár, César Domela, George Antheil, Jean Arp, Hugo Ball, I. K. Bonset, Constantin Brancusi, Aldo Camini, Werner Graeff, Robert van Hoff, Friedrich Kiesler, Antony Kok, Gino Severini, Jan Wils, and others. With 78 illustrations and 8 full-color plates. Includes biographies, list of illustrations, and index of names.