Showing posts with label Art Theory. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Neoplasticism

Composition in Blue, Yellow, and Black - 1936. Piet Mondrian. Oil on canvas, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland.

A theory of art developed by Piet Mondrian to create a pure plastic art comprised of the simplest, least subjective, elements, primary colors, primary values, and primary directions (horizontal and vertical). (Gardner)