De Stjil

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Suganth

DE STJIL

Elimination

Reduction

Abstraction

Simplification

Dynamic Asymmetrical Balance Of Rectangles, Planes, Verticals, Horizontals,

The Primary Colors

Black

White

Gray.

ADDING MORE BASICS – DE STYLE

De Stijl, or The Style, is an art and design movement founded in Holland by painters and architects around 1917.

Designers formulate a new language and vocabulary for architecture.

To do this, they take the traditional house apart, analyze it like an object, abstract it to eliminate traditional references, and then reassemble it in a new way.

The new form emphasizes the cube. It is not a solid box, but instead opens up from outside to inside with solid and void relationships established through flat planes.

BEGINNINGS

In 1917, Theo van Doesburg founded the contemporary art journal De Stijl as a means of recruiting like-minded artists in the formation of a new artistic collective that embraced an expansive notion of art. The journal provided the basis of the De Stijl movement, a Dutch group of artists and architects whose other leading members included Piet Mondrian, J. J. P. Oud and Vilmos Huszar.

Adopting the visual elements of Cubism and Suprematism, the anti-sentimentalism of Dada, and the Neo-Platonic mathematical theory, a mystical ideology that articulated the concept of "ideal" geometric forms, the exponents of De Stijl aspired to be far more than mere visual artists.

ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS - DE STYLE

Flat roof, asymmetry, geometric forms, white or gray walls with details highlighted by primary colors.

Houses for individuals are the most important.

Compositions generally emphasize the separation of planes, the application of primary colors, and the spatial relationship of solids to voids.

Rectangular shapes define the geometric repetition of windows, doors, and blocks of color.

Window sizes vary on an individual building from large to small. They may be arranged in patterns or one unit on a large wall.

Flat roofs are typical, and distinctly different from other structures.

FURNITURE - DE STYLEFurniture and decorative arts are conceived as one with the architecture and interior design.

Designers similarly emphasize structure, construction, proportion, and the balance between solid and void relationships.

They carefully place individual parts to develop visual balance and harmony so that all parts are appreciated alone as well as in context with the whole furniture piece.

Chairs and tables are the most important conveyors of concepts.

Furniture complements the architectonic character of an interior through its emphasis on straight lines, rectangular planes, and geometric forms.

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