Neoplasticism

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Neoplasticism is an early 20th-century abstract art movement, closely associated with Piet Mondrian, that emphasizes pure geometric forms and primary colors to express universal harmony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract art movement
art movement
aimsTo achieve universal visual language
eliminate subjectivity in art
associatedWithArtist Bart van der Leck
Gerrit Rietveld
J. J. P. Oud
Piet Mondrian
Theo van Doesburg
Vilmos Huszár
associatedWithMovement De Stijl
surface form: De Stijl movement
avoids curved lines
diagonal lines in its strict form
naturalistic depiction
corePrinciple asymmetrical balance
avoidance of representation
dynamic equilibrium
expression of universal harmony
reduction to essentials of form and color
use of non-colors black white and gray
use of primary colors
use of pure geometric forms
use of straight horizontal and vertical lines
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
developedBy Piet Mondrian
Theo van Doesburg
documentedIn De Stijl
surface form: De Stijl journal
emergedInDecade 1910s
emergedInPeriod early 20th century
field architecture
design
painting
hasAlternativeName De Stijl
Nieuwe Beelding
hasKeyWorkExample Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
surface form: Composition with Red Blue and Yellow

Tableau I
influencedMovement Bauhaus
Concrete art
International Style
surface form: International Style architecture

Minimalism
philosophicalBasis influence of theosophy
interest in spiritual order
search for universal aesthetic laws
usesColor black
blue
gray
red
white
yellow

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Piet Mondrian movement Neoplasticism
Lygia Pape (artist) influencedBy Neoplasticism
subject surface form: Lygia Pape
this entity surface form: European geometric abstraction
Zig-Zag Chair influencedBy Neoplasticism
this entity surface form: De Stijl principles of abstraction
Victory Boogie Woogie movement Neoplasticism