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De Stijl
In 1917 a group of artists, architects, and poets was organized under the name De Stijl. The leaders of the movement were the artists Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian. They advocated a purification of art, eliminating subject matter in favor of vertical and horizontal elements and the use of primary colors and non-colors. Soon they started their own journal to spread their views about the style appropriately titled De Stijl which is Dutch for The Style. ... For them the magazine was an instrument to discuss new modern art and to spread their own ideas. ...
During the time of De Stijl, Holland and the surrounding European countries were very chaotic. ... ”
There were a lot of art forms that contributed to the debut of De Stijl. ... Much like the De Stijl artists, they wanted a harmonious totality. ... They still had subjects that told a story or meaning unlike the De Stijl paintings, which had meanings and reflections but were to be accomplished through the use of non-telling characters.
The art movement Dada was also an influence on De Stijl artists. ... His clean designs, with use of line and shapes, are replicated in the paintings and architecture of De Stijl artists.
De Stijl artist’s preference for abstraction can also be placed within the Dutch tradition. Like the Calvinists, who were founded in Holland and who destroyed all images of worship in their churches because they believed it distracted from the sanctity of God, De Stijl artists banished any representation of any nature. ... Universal values, and the absolute harmony were the goals of De Stijl’s work.
Holland directly affected the work of De Stijl artists. ...
De Stijl artists were affected by the complex world around them. ...
Topic 2 – Influential Artists
At the end of the First World War a group of architects and artists, influenced by some of the ideas of Da Da and Cubism, formed a movement called de Stijl (Dutch for The Style). Theirs was a utopian philosophical approach to aesthetics, centered in a publication called de Stijl, which presented their ideas and designs.
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