1. De Stijl
After World War I there was a turning away from old forms and philosophies among architects and
designers. In early 1920's, a group of architects and artists were influenced by some ideas of DaDa and
formed a movement call De Stijl.
De Stijl is from the word of Dutch mean as The Style and also known as neoplasticism. De Stijl was a Dutch
artistic movement founded in 1917 in Amsterdam. The architects and artists of De Stijl have the sense of
narrower. A body of work from 1917-1931 is named De Stijl in Netherlands. De Stijl also a name of a
journal that was published by Dutch artist. Neoplasticism is a basic for the group's work formed by the
artistic philosophy. Proponents of De Stijl advocated pure abstraction and university by a reduction to the
essentials of form and color. Visual compositions is simplified to the vertical and horizontal directions and
only used primary color with black and white.
The name De Stijl is supposedly derived from Gottfried Semper's Der Stil, which Curl suggests was
mistakenly believed to advocate materialism and functionalism. Ultimate simplicity and abstraction is the
propose of De Stijl. In 3D works, vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not
intersect. Cubist painting, mysticism and ideas about "ideal" geometric forms influenced De Stijl. The
movement of De Stijl was also influenced by Neopositivism. Bauhaus style and the international style get
influenced by De Stijl. De Stijl music was influenced by Jakob van Domselaer (composer).
Theo van Doesburg, neoplasticism: Page from De Stijl magazine. Gerrit Rietveld De Stijl painted Red Blue bed De Stijl Typo Poster by Darryl
Composition VII (the three graces) 1917. Driyarto Han
Red and Blue Chair designed by The Rietveld Schröder House—the only building realised completely
Gerrit Rietveld in 1917. according to the principles of De Stijl.
