A key figure of the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was an extraordinary painter and at the same time an outstanding art theorist whose influence has not suffered one iota with the passage of time. After coining the term Neo- Plasticism , he focused on painting composed solely of primary colors superimposed on a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and a white background .
For Mondrian, this basic painting would help to forge a society in which art as such would have no place, but would exist only for the total materialization of "beauty" . He spent time in Amsterdam, Paris, London and New York , drawing inspiration from both the modern metropolis and modern music, especially jazz. . In 1917, he co-founded De Stijl , which began as a publication and later grew into a circle of adherents, committed to a strict geometric art of horizontal and vertical lines.
Through key works and concise texts, this introductory book introduces Mondrian's distinctive and pioneering work, a source of inspiration for fashion, art, architecture and design , from the White Stripes record covers to the Yves Saint Laurent dresses.
Author: Susanne Deicher
Binding: Hardcover
Format: 21 x 26 cm
Pages: 96
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