Matisse: radical invention, 1913-1917

Matisse, 1913-1917, and the methods of modern construction

Defining a new art

Chronology 1907-1913 ; Modernism and tradition ; Opportunity and invention ; Construction by means of color

Changing direction

Chronology 1913-1914 ; A painful effort ; New ambitions

Art as experiment

Chronology 1914-1917 ; Interruptions and returns ; The challenge of painting ; Charting a new course

Coda: the experiment remembered.