The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 144 - 145

Question 1

Klee: Child’s Play

Answer 1

• throughout his career, color and line were the elements by which Klee expressed his offbeat outlook on life
• studied archaic signs such as hex symbols, hieroglyphics, and cave markings
• work was simple

Question 2

Mondrain: Harmony of Opposites

Answer 2

• Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)
• created De Stijl
• tried to eliminate emotion from art
• his goal was to create a precise, mechanical order lacking in the natural world
• based his style on lines and rectangles
• used only primary colors and three non colors