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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
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    History of architecture Military History First World War

    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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