DE STIJL Definition & Meaning

de Stijl

or De Stijl

[ duh stahyl ]

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noun

a school of art that was founded in the Netherlands in 1917, embraced painting, sculpture, architecture, furniture, and the decorative arts, and was marked especially by the use of black and white with the primary colors, rectangular forms, and asymmetry.

De Stijl

/ də staɪl /

noun

a group of artists and architects in the Netherlands in the 1920s, including Mondrian and van Doesburg, devoted to neoplasticism and then dada

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of de Stijl¹

1930–35; < Dutch: literally, the style, the name of a magazine published by participants in the movement

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of de Stijl¹

Dutch, literally: the style, title of this group's own magazine

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Designs for contemporary art galleries have stayed relatively unchanged for the past century, with most dealers favoring a rigid “white cube” style harking back to when artists from the de Stijl and Bauhaus sought to minimize distractions.

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The painting epitomizes the primary colors and geometric rigidity of the de Stijl movement that Mondrian helped define.

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She described CBS as a “mini atelier/art school” where designers were “blessed with an amazing library of new and vintage art and design books and had access to magazines like vintage Gebrauchs-Grafik, Life and Fortune. We were looking at Cassandre, Herbert Bayer, Italian Futurism, Russian Constructivism and De Stijl for inspiration.”

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“We were looking at Cassandre, Herbert Bayer, Italian Futurism, Russian Constructivism and de Stijl for inspiration.”

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Completed in 1930, the painting epitomizes the primary colors and geometric rigidity of the de Stijl movement that Mondrian helped define.

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