week 5 notes for kyle’s class friday 28th october

( BLUE ; Personal notes , yellow ; book recommendation , red ; important )

Revolution 1918-1938

de stijl the style ;

De Stijl, meaning 'Style' was a modern art movement developed in the Netherlands in the early twentieth century. Encompassing painting, architecture and design, de Stijl was founded by Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesberg in 1917 based upon strict ideals of vertical and horizontal geometry.

Russian constructivism

Abstraction

humanism

piet mondrian ; one of the founders of de stijl

grid format

reduction, shape and function

all aspects of design

Theo van Doesburg ;

Theo van Doesburg was ****a Dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture.  He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl.

Composition and shape

typeface

designed as a sqaure divided by 25 smaller squares

Theo van Doesburg also collaborated with architects for work