期刊名称：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
电子版ISSN：0975-2935
出版年度：2019
卷号：11
期号：3
页码：1-18
DOI：10.21659/rupkatha.v11n3.12
出版社：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
摘要：In spite of the prominent role of Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) as a pure abstract painter and writer of histheories who developed the abstract art into what he called Neo-Plasticism, little has been written abouthim compared to other painters such as Picasso and Matisse. Examining the past and recent literaturepublished about Mondrian, some scholars examined the aesthetic evolution of Mondrian’s vision toward hisNeo-Plastic art and theory within a historical context by depending on the influences he received fromcircle of thinkers, artists, and friends during his life. While other scholars analyzed the components of Neo-Plastic theory through formal tenets of De Stijl or a metaphysical lens through premises of westernphilosophies such as Theosophy, Hegel, and Platonism. Nevertheless, despite the emphasis of the majorityof scholars on close relation between Mondrian’s paintings and writings, researchers showed little tendencyto examine the development of core formal theories of Neo-Plasticism through a parallel analysis of hisNeo-Plastic paintings and his theoretical writings. Therefore, in this paper I aim to examine Mondrian’searly artistic ideas, through a coinciding analysis of his 1919-1920 paintings and his 1919-1923 theoreticalessays. In this article, I have considered six principles of Neo-Plasticism published in 1926 by Mondrian, asmy main point of departure. The main objective of this paper is to reveal the degrees of Mondrian’sawareness toward his refined, crystalized, aesthetic principles - he wrote in 1926 - by examining his earlyNeo-Plastic 1919-1920 compositions and his 1919-1923 theoretical essays. By conducting a contextindependentresearch on Mondrian’s paintings and writings, I aim to propose a novel perspective lookingthrough the very core theory of Neo-Plasticism and to motivate more scholars to examine Mondrian’s Neo-Plastic paintings and writings as integrated body of his Neo-Plasticism.
关键词：Piet Mondrian; Neo;Plastic art; Neo;Plasticism; Six principles of Neo;Plasticism; Equilibrium;Rhythm;
