Less is often more - such is Piet Mondrian's approach to art. His mainpictorial elements are horizontals and verticals, his preferred coloursyellow, red and blue. Throughout his life, Mondrian (1872-1944) appliedthese simple elements in his quest for "universal harmony". Thispublication in the Taschen Basic Art Series presents an extra-ordinarypainter and art theoretician whose influence on architects and designersis as profound today as it ever was.