The Artists of de Stijl: A Guide to the Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313305528)

This guide summarizes and evaluates the available literature concerning the Dutch artistic movement De Stijl, which was headed by art critic and painter Theo van Doesburg and was comprised of such architects and artists as J.J.P. Oud, Piet Mondrian, Rovbert van 't Hoff and Georges Vantongerloo. The loose-knit group took its name from the avant garde journal they first published in October 1917: De Stijl (The Style). Although it was limited to Holland, De Stijl promoted ideas about a universal art, combining tenets of theosophy, an holistic view of the oneness of all things, including arts and culture, and socialism. This bibliography examines publications that deal with the movement and with affiliated groups and individual members.

Art historians and scholars of modern and of Dutch art and architecture will appreciate this comprehensive tool for further research. Within individual sections for the movement and for its members, entries are chronologically arranged with separate categories for books, monographs and catalogs, and periodicals. A final section analyzes and presents the contents of the journal De Stijl.

Author: Donald Langmead
ISBN-10: 0313305528
ISBN-13: 9780313305528
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2000
Pages: 520
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.86lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.40w x 1.15d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 147
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2001 pg. 446