Lecture Five - Modernist Factions - 4 Movements

The four Movements of Modernist Factions are ; De Stijl, Bauhaus, Purism and Constructivism.

De Stijl, Dutch for “ The style”, also known as neoplasticism, was a Dutch artistic movement founded in 1917. In a narrower sense, the term De Stijl is used to refer to a body of work from 1917 to 1931 founded in the Netherlands. De Stijl also is which Curl suggests was mistakenly believed to advocate materialism and functionalism. In general, De Stijl proposed ultimate simplicity and abstraction, both in architecture and painting, by using only straight horizontal and vertical lines and rectangular forms. Furthermore, their formal vocabulary was limited to the primary colours, red, yellow, and blue, and the three primary values, Black, White and grey. The works avoided 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.

The De Stijl style, most famous things to let me remember, is the red, and blue chair. The Cubist painting is the most influenced things of De Stijl movement, also the ideas about “ideal” geometric forms in the neoplationic philosophy of mathematician M.H.J. Schoenmaekers. The works of De Stijl also influence the Bauhaus style at the following days. However, it did nor follow the general guidelines of an”ism”, nor did it adhere to the principles of art schools like Bauhaus; It was a collective Project, a joint enterprise.

This style make design and architecture raise to a more simplify way to display. only focus on lines, surfaces, and rectangle. let these geometric forms show the fundamental elements of the design. For me, this maybe is a good way to see design details more clearly, also to learn more about how space created by. A valuable information to learn and keep reference.