Expressionism, cubism, futurism, abstract painting, dadaism, surrealism: all the European artistic movements that emerged in the early century, breaking the continuity with the art of the past.

The ideas, the theories, but also the inner poetry in their specific historical context and through the creative expression of the great protagonists: Cézanne, Van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Klee, Kandinsky, Chagall, Ernst.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]