Mondrian
Taschen GmbH
A key figure in the international avant garde Piet Mondrian 1872 1944 was at once an extraordinary painter and leading art theoretician whose influence resonates to this day Coining the term Neo plasticism he pursued a style of painting composed only of primary colors against a grid of black vertical and horizontal lines and a white base background Mondrian s vision was that this essential painting would help to achieve a society in which art as such has no place but rather exists for the total realization of beauty With stints in Amsterdam Paris London and New York Mondrian drew upon the modern metropolis and modern music especially jazz as points of inspiration In 1917 he cofounded De Stijl originally a publication and subsequently a circle of practitioners committed to a strictly geometrical art of horizontals and verticals With key works and succinct texts this introductory book presents Mondrian s distinctive and pioneering oeuvre an abiding inspiration for fashion art architecture and design from White Stripes album covers to Yves Saint Laurent dresses 2016 US Mondrian Holtzman Trust About the series Born back in 1985 the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best selling art book collection ever published Each book in TASCHEN s Basic Art series features a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions Tanıtım Bülteninden
