Over the last two decades, Gregor Wedekind has written extensively on Paul Klee and his time. Moving beyond art historical questions, the essays in this volume emphasize the intellectual and historical contexts of Klees art, thereby deepening the understanding of modernism. Wedekind illuminates the artists engagement with philosophy, literature and theory, as well as the significance of psychology, ethnology and contemporary political history for his work and thought. As a whole, this anthology provides new, critical insight onto the artists complex oeuvre. By positioning Klee in the intellectual debates of his time, Wedekind opens up various approaches to his pictorial world.

Gregor Wedekind, University, Mainz.