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When artists left nature behind
James looks back on the first decades of the 20th century, an era of human self-confidence, intent on conquering nature.
In the art of Piet Mondrian, James explores how an artist who began life as a landscape painter gradually leaves nature behind, tidying up the messy reality of nature into abstract lines.
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