中文简介：

亨利·马蒂斯（Henri Matisse，1869-1954年）在1913年底至1917年期间创作的作品是他最苛刻、最具实验性和最神秘的作品之一。这些作品通常构图鲜明，经过大量修改，并以黑灰色为主，被严格地抽象化，并清除了几乎所有的描述性细节。尽管这些作品通常被认为是互不相关的，是艺术家作品中的反常现象，或者是对立体主义或**次世界大战的独特回应，但本书揭示了它们之间的深刻联系，以及它们在一个聚焦于创作行为本身的项目中的关键作用。本书首次持续研究了马蒂斯在这一重要时期的作品，揭示了通过大量新的历史、技术和科学研究发现的有关其工作方法、实验技术和构图选择的迷人信息。本书为配合一个由大约125幅绘画、雕塑、素描和印刷品组成的大型展览而出版，对个别作品进行了深入研究，如《河边浴者》和《摩洛哥人》，马蒂斯本人认为这些作品是他职业生涯中最关键的作品之一，并有助于更好地理解艺术家的创新过程和激进风格演变。

英文简介：

The works that Henri Matisse (1869-1954) executed between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic. Often sharply composed, heavily reworked, and dominated by the colours black and gray, these compositions are rigorously abstracted and purged of nearly all descriptive detail. Although they have typically been treated as unrelated to one another, as aberrations within the artist's oeuvre, or as singular responses to Cubism or World War I, 'Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917' reveals the deep connections among them and their critical role in an ambitious, cohesive project that took the act of creation itself as its main focus. This book represents the first sustained examination of Matisse's output from this important period, revealing fascinating information about his working method, experimental techniques, and compositional choices uncovered through extensive new historical, technical, and scientific research. The lavishly illustrated volume is published to accompany a major exhibition consisting of approximately 125 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints. It features in-depth studies of individual works such as 'Bathers by a River' and 'The Moroccans', which Matisse himself counted as among the most pivotal of his career, and facilitates a greater understanding of the artist's innovative process and radical stylistic evolution.