Piet Mondrian: ‘Neo-plastic Art’

Plate: 1 Red and Blue Chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1917

(Source: Ref. http://vintageverity.wordpress.com/category/furniture-bible/  June 3, 2012)

Piet Mondrian: ‘Neo-plastic Art’

Mondrian’s Pure Plastic Art (‘Neo-plastic Art’) philosophy played a very important role in modern art and design. Color did not have to represent and meaning or symbol. Color is as color only. Red and yellow represent the value of red or yellow. Along with the color the straight lines became significant in term of simplicity. Straight lines expressed a new form of aesthetics. Simplicity and minimal representation of form and shapes became the core of industrial products. A new essence of aesthetic beauty emerged that was not realized earlier. The Bauhaus became the source of such new philosophy.

(Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian ; June 4, 2012)