Sunday, August 14, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Art Direction (look and feel)
- Style
- Linear
- Balance
- Aesthetic
- Structure
- Simplicity
- Abstraction
About De Stijl...
‘The Style’
- simplicity and abstraction in architecture and painting, by using only straight horizontal and vertical lines and rectangular forms.
- limited to the primary colours, red, yellow and blue, and the three primary values, black, white and grey.
- works avoid symmetry and attained aesthetic balance by the use of opposition. This element of the movement embodies the second meaning of stijl: “a post, jamb or support”; this is best exemplified by the construction of crossing joints, most commonly seen in carpentry.
- De Stijl was influenced by Cubist and Bauhaus Style
About Theo Van Doesburg...
Van Doesburg
- 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931
- Dutch artist, practicing in painting, writing, poetry and architecture
- Founder of De Stijl
Architecture, design, and typography
Van Doesburg had other activities apart from painting and promoting De Stijl: he made efforts in architecture, designing houses for artists - designed the decoration for the Café Aubette in Strasbourg.
Last years...
At the end of February 1931 he was forced to move to Davos in Switzerland because of his declining health. Van Doesburg did not recuperate: on 7 March 1931 he died of a heart attack. After his death Nelly van Doesburg released the last issue of De Stijl as a memorial issue with contributions by old and new members from De Stijl.
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