With a preface by Susan L. Ball, an expert on this specialized subject, this book presents the founders of Purism: Amédée Ozenfant, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, and Fernand Léger. It features a directory of 50 artists who were influenced at one point or another in their careers by the mouvement purismePainters, sculptors, architects, photographers, designers, and decorators are featured in this book as major figures in the movement and key players in the history of art over the last hundred years.