De Stijl

De Stijl in Dutch means The Style, in any case known as neoplasticism, was a Dutch artistic movement founded in 1917. The movement was mainly intimately creating geometric abstract exposures. In a narrower sense, De Stijl was a term used refers to a body of impart from 1917 to 1931 founded in Netherlands. De Stijl was also the name of the journal, which published by the Dutch painter, designer, writer, and critic Theo van Doesburg (18831931), propagating the groups theories.Besides him, the principal members of De Stijl group include painters Piet Mondrian (18721944), Vilmos Huszar (18841960), and Bart van der leck (1876-1958), and the architects Gerrit Rietveld (18881964), Robert vant Hoff (18871979), and J. J. P. Oud (18901963). The basic artistic ism of the groups work was known as neoplasticism the new plastic art (or Nieuwe Beelding in Dutch). In general, De Stijl used only straight horizontal and vertical lines and rectangular forms to proposed both in architecture and painring , the net simplicity and abstraction. For example,the Red and Blue Chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1917. They used limited colors like red, yellow, and blue as their formal vocabulary. And they had three primary values, black, white, and grey. Their works used opposition to deflect symmetry and attained aesthetic balance. This element of the movement embodies the second meaning of stijl a post, jamb or patronize. It was the best example of the constructive crossing joints, most commonly seen in carpentry. De Stijl was influenced by Cubist painting as well as by the mysticism and the ideas about ideal geometric forms in the neoplatonic school of thought of mathematician M. H. J. Schoenmaekers. This movement also influenced the Bauhaus style and the international style of architecture as well as article of clothing and interior design.However, different from Bauhaus, De Stijl didnt follow the general guidelines of an ism (Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism), nor did it hel d the principles of art schools like the Bauhaus. It was a show of artworks and a joint enterprise. De Stijl completely rejected to use any concrete element. They advocated the use of pure geometric abstraction to express the pure spirit. They thought only to put aside specific description and expatiate to avoid the individuality and specificity of an artwork, and then art could obtain the common human sense.