2. Task 1 – Research – Web source
‘We speak of concrete and not abstract painting because nothing is more
concrete, more real than a line, a color, a surface.’
-Theo van Doesburg.
‘All painting – the painting of the past as well as of the present – shows us
that its essential plastic means were only line and color.’
-Piet Mondrian
‘The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure.’
-Piet Mondrian
Title/Weblink/Date accessed: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/743228 13/9/21
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/574950 13/9/21
https://www.britannica.com/topic/De-Stijl-art 13/9/21
3. Task 1 – Research – Web source
Founders Theo van Doesburg, Piet Modrian, Bart van der Leck
De Stijl has obvious influences in modern design as there is a return to
simplicity in digital design, such as Windows
De Stijl consists of lines, squares and rectangles in black, white grey and
primary colours- it is asymmetrical artwork
The movement occurred as a reaction against the horror of WW1 and was
used as a way of showing a Utopian future. It was a way of showing social
redemption
Title/Weblink/Date accessed: https://www.britannica.com/topic/De-Stijl-art 13/9/21
‘Composition with Large Red
Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey
and Blue’. (1921)
4. Task 1 – Research – Web source
‘This new plastic idea will ignore the particulars of appearance, that is to
say, natural form and colour. On the contrary, it should find its expression
in the abstraction of form and colour, that is to say, in the straight line
and the clearly defined primary colour.’
-Piet Mondrian
De Stijl art was intended to be the perfect fusion of form and function. A
perfect style, reduced to only the simplest elements of shape and color,
and applied to all media: painting, decor and architecture.
Title/Weblink/Date accessed: https://arthistoryproject.com/timeline/modernism/de-stijl/ 13/9/21
‘Card Players’. (1917)
7. Task 4 – Evaluation – Production
Describe three strengths of your final pieces.
1. I have captured the ‘De Stijl’ style well.
2. My poster is eye-catching.
3. It fits the requirements needed.
8. Task 4 – Evaluation – Production
Describe three areas for improvement in your final pieces.
1. I made the background a bit too complicated.
2. I could have added what time the museum opens and closes.
3. I could have made sure the text was in the middle of the boxes.
9. Task 4 – Evaluation – Problem Solving
Describe three problems you faced in your project and how you solved these
1. There were lots of blocked websites so I used my phone to get round them.
2. I was learning how to use photoshop for the first time whilst making the
poster.
3.
10. Task 4 – Evaluation – Working with others
Choose three aspects of your production where you worked well with your
team and this benefited the project
1. We split the research between us to to get more information quicker.
11. Task 4 – Evaluation - Feedback
Discuss the feedback you received from your tutor during the project and how
you used this to improve the project
