De Stijl
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De Stijl was a Dutch art movement founded in 1917 by a group of artists and architects based in Leiden, Voorburg and Laren.
Theo van Doesburg, Composition VII (the three graces), 1917
De Stijl November 1921, Dadaism
De Stijl Manifesto I, November 1918
Red and Blue Chair, designed by Gerrit Rietveld, version without colors 1919, version with colors 1923
Neoplasticism
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Neoplasticism or neo-plasticism, originating from the Dutch Nieuwe Beelding, is an avant-garde art theory proposed by Piet Mondrian in 1917 and initially employed by the De Stijl art movement. The mos
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…Antony Kok. The art theory that formed the basis for the group's work was originally known as Nieuwe Beelding in Dutch; it was later translated to Neoplasticism in English. This theory was subsequently extended to encompass the principles of Elementarism. Mondrian set forth the principles of neoplasticism in…
Piet Mondriaan: Composition C (No.III) with Red, Yellow and Blue, 1935
Mondrian's 1921 book, Le Néo-Plasticisme
Nicolas Poussin: Et in Arcadia ego. Ca. 1638–1640. Louvre.
Horus (Egyptian): Expressive of idea