A talented violinist as well as a painter, Klee drew much of the inspiration for his abstract art from musical rhythms and structure. Like a composer, he developed and harmonized pictorial themes, weaving a complex series of signs and symbols into his painting. In this book, the art historian Hajo Duechting focuses his study primarily on Klee's decade-long tenure at the Bauhaus, where the artist's theories and practice first merged, and where he was to develop his Colour Spectrum, Square and Polyphone painting series. Illustrated throughout with full-colour reproductions of Klee's paintings and etchings, as well as entries from his diaries, this study aims to shed light on an important aspect of Klee's work, while providing insights into his development as an abstract artist.

保羅．克利（1879-1940）是二十世紀最重要的藝術家之一，他畫得美也寫得妙，十九歲開始動筆寫日記，直至一九一八年為止。這部日記本來只供克利個人審思之用，並不打算出版，克利在生前不淮任何人接近他最私秘的告白。本書將整個克利的世界，生動地展現在年輕一代的面前，克利的日記引介我們走入他的生活及音樂、繪畫、文學的國度。喜歡研究克利藝術的朋友，精讀這部文獻，將可看到一朵意外的美妙的花為他們盛開。