The Shock of the NewAn illustrated history of modern art describes the origins of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture, shows how world events affected the art, and explains why the movement is near its end. |
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... Mondrian expected them to affect both domains , and for the better . He was one of the last great painters to ... Mondrian's convictions can justly be called religious . He saw art not as an end but as a means to an end – spiritual ...
... Mondrian expected them to affect both domains , and for the better . He was one of the last great painters to ... Mondrian's convictions can justly be called religious . He saw art not as an end but as a means to an end – spiritual ...
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... Mondrian's paintings were calmer , though no less ardently realized as form , and their calligraphic flourishes had given way to a measured examination of space which , he hoped , would reveal a spiritual continuity throughout nature ...
... Mondrian's paintings were calmer , though no less ardently realized as form , and their calligraphic flourishes had given way to a measured examination of space which , he hoped , would reveal a spiritual continuity throughout nature ...
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... Mondrian The Red Tree 1908 Oil on canvas 27 × 40 ins : Gemeentesmuseum , The Hague 140 Piet Mondrian The Grey Tree 1912 Oil on canvas 31 × 42 ins Gemeentesmuseum , The Hague 142 Piet Mondrian Broadway Boogie Woogie 1942-3 Oil on canvas.
... Mondrian The Red Tree 1908 Oil on canvas 27 × 40 ins : Gemeentesmuseum , The Hague 140 Piet Mondrian The Grey Tree 1912 Oil on canvas 31 × 42 ins Gemeentesmuseum , The Hague 142 Piet Mondrian Broadway Boogie Woogie 1942-3 Oil on canvas.
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