De Stijl Advocates Mondrian’s Neoplasticism
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Arts, Architecture
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Painting, Painters, Drawing, Architects
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History
- Geographical Location: Netherlands
- Date: 1917
Article abstract: Although Mondrian’s neoplasticism did not succeed in establishing a new, universal style for art and architecture, it did have a marked influence on the development of both.
Summary of Event
When the magazine De Stijl (The Style), recently and jointly founded by Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg, advocated in 1917 Mondrian’s new style of neoplasticism, the magazine was promoting a style that had been long in developing and to the perfection of which Mondrian would devote his artistic life. Basically, neoplasticism was the...
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