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Roots and Rules of De Stijl |
Variously colored planes become an integral part |
of the wall pattern flatten in the shallow space. |
Art is ahead of life to show life the way |
towards the realization of universal harmony. |
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Bantu-Ndebele migrated in Natal in 1600 were they met and were defeated
by the Boers later by 1837. The Ndebele palette comprises the earth colors:
brown, ocher, red and black. Designs are bold, linear, abstract and complex.
The Ndebele women emphasize the 3-dimensionality of the wall surface.
Clearly it may be plausible to investigate a ndebele contribution to the iconography of the Dutch style. |
prophesied the great utopian dream. |
allowed reality to dominate the dream |
wrote"modern painting and the interior" |
performs reliefs, sculptures and graphics |
| a small group of painters was formed in Holland. Subject to the influence of painters such as Picasso, Cezanne and van Gogh, this group proceeded toward the destruction of natural form and to the substitution of pure flat imagery as the central principle of painting - Joop Joosten |
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