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This study emphasizes the local context of De Stijl and explores its relationship to Dutch modernism. It examines how the debates concerning abstraction in painting and spatiality in architecture were connected to developments in urban planning, advertising, interior and exhibition design.

Table of Contents

List of plates
List of figures
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue
1. Abstraction and utopia
2. The monumental image of the city
3. Advertising as fine art
4. Structures of interior design
5. Exhibiting style
Bibliography

De Stijl and Dutch Modernism Critical

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 7/10/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719061622, 978-0719061622
      ISBN10: 0719061628

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study emphasizes the local context of De Stijl and explores its relationship to Dutch modernism. It examines how the debates concerning abstraction in painting and spatiality in architecture were connected to developments in urban planning, advertising, interior and exhibition design.

      Table of Contents

      List of plates
      List of figures
      List of abbreviations
      Acknowledgments
      Preface
      Introduction: Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue
      1. Abstraction and utopia
      2. The monumental image of the city
      3. Advertising as fine art
      4. Structures of interior design
      5. Exhibiting style
      Bibliography

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