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Angles and Boxes-De Stijl, Dada, and the
Bauhaus
1913 Armory Show in NYC
1915 Dada is founded in war torn Germany and
based in Zurich
1917 Mondrian publishes Neo-Plasticism
1919-1922 Bauhaus Building constructed in Dessau
Terms/Places/People:
De Stijl- (Holland)
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. To reconcile
the findings of
Cubism to a comprehensive machine-age aesthetic that could have
meaning
for all arts, aesthetic and applied. Also called
Neo-Plasticism.
M.H.J. Schoenmaekers-mathemetician who wrote about geometry
and
neoplatonic idea of the straight line-associated with De
Stijl
Theo van Doesburg-founder of the De Stiijl movement. Van
Doesburg
was a writer, poet, and critic, who was more successful writing
about art
than working as an independent artist.
Dada-(Switzerland, France, Germany, and USA)
Born out of negative reaction to the horrors ofWorld War I. This
international
movement was begun by a group of artists and poets associated in
Zurich.
Dada rejected reason and logic, prizing nonsense, irrationality
and intuition.
The origin of the name Dada is unclear; some believe that it is
a nonsensical
word. The words da, da, meaning yes, yes in the Romanian
language. Another
theory says that the name "Dada" came during a meeting of the
group when a
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paper knife stuck into a French-German dictionary happened to
point to
'dada', a French word for 'hobbyhorse."
Readymade-Dada works that arose from found objects with an
added
signature
Photomontage-utilized scissors and glue, usual actual
reproduction of
photographs
Assemblage-meaningless objects (usually those from the war) that
were
nailed, screwed, or fastened together in various fashions
Collage-extending Cubist version of collage using paper
items-often
wrappers, maps, and tickets
Bauhaus (Germany)
A school that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous
for the
approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated
from 1919 to
1933. German for "School of Building".
De Stijl
Mondrian
o Composition 1912
o Compostion w/red, yellow, etc 1927
o Broadway Boogie Woogie 1929
Schroder
o Rietveld Schroder House 1923-1924
