Author of the influential "Interaction of Color," Josef Albers is best known for his extensive, influential research in color theory as well as for the hundreds of paintings/prints in the series "Homage to the Square." Through his teachings he introduced a generation of American artists to the modernist concepts of Bauhaus, while his experimentation in color theory, interaction & geometric shapes inspired American art movements & artists such as Jacob Lawrence, R.Rauschenberg &S.Sillman. "Despite Straight Lines" contains an analysis of his graphic constructions by Francois Bucher & Albers' poetry.