De Stijl

De Stijl is also known by the name of a journal that was published by the Dutch designer, painter, writer, and critic Theo van Doesburg.De Stijl design is best for its simplicity and abstraction, both in painting and also architecture and by using straight horizontal and vertical lines and rectangular forms. Their primary vocabulary was limited to the primary colors such as red, yellow, and blue, and the three primary values that are grey,white and also black.

 Next to van Doesburg, the group's principal members were the painters Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), Vilmos Huszár (1884–1960), and Bart van der Leck (1876–1958), and the architects Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964), Robert van 't Hoff (1887–1979), and J. J. P. Oud.

 

Some of the elements of this movement and the second meaning of stijl of support this is best exemplified by the construction of crossing joints, most commonly are seen in carpentry.

It was influenced by Cubist painting and geometric forms as well as by the mysticism and the idea such as the perfect straight line. De Stijl movement was also influenced by Neopositivism. The works that had been done by De Stijl would also been influenced by the Bauhaus style and the international style of architecture as well as clothing and interior design. But it didn’t follow the general guidelines e.g, Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism.

De Stijl Influence

From the Prada Fall/Winter 2011 Runway Collection in Milan.

De Stijl how it is interpreted today into a more modern style. While some creative like saint Laurent who took direct inspiration from De Stijl, it’s no longer only about straight and horizontal lines, its also about zig-zags, circle, shapes, and just plain patches of colors that the colors used in modern-day De Stijl ,so there are no longer primary, they come in all colors from dark to light pastels.

Referencing

De Stijl. 2015. De Stijl. [ONLINE] Available at: http://char.txa.cornell.edu/art/decart/destijl/decstijl.htm. [Accessed 25 January 2015].

Collection Online | Browse By Movement | De Stijl - Guggenheim Museum. 2015. Collection Online | Browse By Movement | De Stijl - Guggenheim Museum. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/movements/195212. [Accessed 25 January 2015].

ArtLex on De Stijl. 2015. ArtLex on De Stijl. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/d/destijl.html. [Accessed 22 January 2015].