Principles of neo-plastic art / Theo van Doesburg ; translation by Sarah Trenker.

Main entry:

Doesburg, Theo van, 1883-1931.

Title & Author:

Principles of neo-plastic art / Theo van Doesburg ; translation by Sarah Trenker.

Publication:

Zurich : Lars Müller Publishers, [2020]
©2020

Description:

39 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 24 cm + 1 supplement (4 unnumbered pages ; 23 x 18 cm)

Series:

Bauhausbücher ; 6

Notes:
English edition published by Lars Müller, based on the first German edition.
Supplement is "About 'Principles of neo-plastic art'" by Astrid Bähr.
The German original Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltendren Kunst was published in 1925 by Albert Langen Verlag München.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Theo van Doesburg was a jack of all trades: painter, writer, architect, typographer, and art theorist. In this volume of the Bauhausbücher, he attempts to make elementary concepts in the visual arts generally comprehensible. He was addressing the ?modern artist? of his day, who had to deal with both shifting social paradigms and a changing understanding of art and art theory. Van Doesburg describes theory as a necessary consequence of creative practice. Artists, he says, ?do not write about art but from within art.?

ISBN:

9783037786291 (cloth)
3037786299

Subject:

Bauhaus.
Art Philosophy.
Art, Modern 20th century.
Form (Aesthetics)
Art Philosophie.
Art 20e siècle.
Forme (Esthétique)
form (general concept)
Art, Modern

Added entries:

Bähr, Astrid, contributor.
Trenker, Sarah, translator
Bauhausbücher. English ; 6.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308934
Call No.: BIB 254251
Status: Available

Location: Library main 309801
Call No.: BIB 254251
Notes: supplement
Status: Available

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