ide that flatness comes second, telling of the importance of
             the intersections of lines and negative space.
             Through radical simplification of composition and color, Mondrian tried to expose the
             basic principles that underlie all artwork.2 He said that art should not concern itself with
             reproducing images of real objects, but should express only the universal absolutes that underlie
             them. Mondrian then rejects all qualities of texture, surface, and color, thereby reducing his palate
             to primary colors. Greenberg's idea of the flatness of the work is what comes first3 comes
             through when Mondrian's belief that a c
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