De Stijl and Dutch Modernism

De Stijl was the title of a magazine founded in the Netherlands in 1917 and is now used to identify the abstract art and functional architecture of its major contributors: Mondrian, Van Doesburg, Van der Leck, Oud, Wils and Rietveld. This book is the first to emphasize the local context of De Stijl and explore its relationship to the distinctive character of Dutch modernism. Examines the connection between debates concerning abstraction in painting and spatiality in architecture and contemporary developments in the fields of urban planning, advertising, interior design and exhibition design. Describes the interaction between the world of mass culture and the fine arts.

List of contents

List of plates
List of figures
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Who's afraid of red, yellow and blue
1. Abstraction and utopia
2. The monumental image of the city
3. Advertising as fine art
4. Structures of interior design
5. Exhibiting style
Bibliography

About the author

Michael White is Lecturer in History of Art at the University of York

Summary

This study emphasizes the local context of De Stijl and explores its relationship to Dutch modernism. It examines how the debates concerning abstraction in painting and spatiality in architecture were connected to developments in urban planning, advertising, interior and exhibition design.

Product details

• Authors: Michael White
• Assisted by: Marsha Meskimmon (Editor), Shearer West (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2003
• EAN: 9780719061622
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6162-2
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 516 g
• Series: Critical Perspectives in Art History; Critical Perspectives in Art History; Critical Perspectives in Art H
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture