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This book is a tour de force by one of the foremost scholars of abstract art. Delving into a fascinating array of scientific and philosophical sources, Brandon Taylor invites us to think afresh about modern art's enduring preoccupation with dynamic processes and the becoming of forms. Across a broad range of compelling analyses, he unearths little-known gems and sheds valuable new light on canonical examples. Like the artworks that it brings into sharp focus, the argument teems with vital energy. * Eric Robertson, Professor of Modern French Literary and Visual Culture, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK * Brandon Taylor's remarkable study of the pervasive impact of vitalist concepts of aesthetic monism on the interwar avant-garde is an important and timely contribution that greatly enriches our understanding of the art and culture of this complex era. * Mark Antliff, Anne Murnick Cogan Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University, USA *

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Brandon Taylor is Professor Emeritus in History of Art at the University of Southampton, England, and Visiting Tutor in History and Theory of Art at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford. His research interests include modern and contemporary art, artists' writings, the history of art institutions, and East European art. His most recent books include Collage: The Making of Modern Art (Thames and Hudson, London 2004), After Constructivism (Yale University Press 2014), and St Ives and British Modernism (Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 2015). He exhibits occasionally as a painter.

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