Geometric abstraction as a worldview: artists like Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Sonia Delaunay played an essential part in the development of non- representational art. The volume presents an overview of the evolution of geometric abstract art and in addition to the applied arts takes into account the female perspective of the Global South with promising new discoveries.

Geometric abstraction emerged around the turn of the last century from an attitude that was permeated by renewal, utopia, and resistance, and that aimed at the unity of art and life. Colorful, geometric, and highly attractive, this comprehensive view of the art produced between 1914 and the 1970s is lavishly illustrated and relates the narrative from a female, global, historical, and contemporary perspective, revealing the dense network between women artists, gallerists, and critics.

Artists: ANNI ALBERS, MARIANNE BRANDT, MARCELLE CAHN, LYGIA CLARK, SONIA DELAUNAY, ALEXANDRA EXTER, MARÍA FREIRE, CARMEN HERRERA, HILMA AF KLINT, KATARZYNA KOBRO, JUDITH LAUAND, VERENA LOEWENSBERG, VERA MOLNÁR, MARLOW MOSS, AURÉLIE NEMOURS, LJUBOW POPOWA, LIDY PRATI, AEN SAUERBORN, LOLÓ SOLDEVILLA, WARWARA STEPANOWA, GUNTA STÖLZL, SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP, SHIZUKO YOSHIKAWA, ET.AL.