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De Stijl , also known as neoplasticism, was a Dutch artistic movement, founded in 1917. The term De Stijl is used to refer to a body of work created by a group of Dutch artists ( 1917 to 1931 ). De Stijl is also the name of a journal which was published by the painter and critic Theo van Doesburg, propagating the group's theories. Next to Van Doesburg, the group's principal members were the painters Piet Mondrian and Bart van der Leck, and the architects Gerrit Rietveld and J.J.P. Oud. The artistic philosophy that formed a basis for the group's work is known as neoplasticism — the new plastic art. Proponents of De Stijl sought to express a new utopian ideal of 'spiritual harmony and order'. They advocated pure abstraction and universality by a reduction to the essentials of form and colour — they simplified visual compositions to the vertical + horizontal directions, and used only primary colors along with black and white.  
Principles and influence
The name De Stijl is supposedly derived from Gottfried Semper's Der Stil in den technischen und tektonischen Künsten oder Praktische Ästhetik (1861-3) believed Materialism and Functionalism. + Define Materialism : philosophy > materialism is that form of physicalism which holds that the only thing that can truly be said to exist is matter; that matter is the only substance. theory > materialism belongs to the class of monist ontology ( different from ontological theories based on dualism or pluralism ). In general, De Stijl proposed ultimate simplicity and abstraction, both in architecture and painting, by using only straight (horizontal and vertical) lines and rectangular forms. Their formal vocabulary was limited furthermore to the primary colours red, yellow and blue and the three primary values Black, white and grey. The works avoided symmetry and attained aesthetic balance by the use of opposition. In many of the group's three-dimensional works, vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. This feature can be found in the Rietveld Schröder House and the Red and blue chair. De Stijl movement was influenced by Cubist painting, as well as by the mysticism and the ideas about 'ideal' geometric forms (such as 'the perfect straight line') in the neoplatonic philosophy of the mathematician M. H. J. Schoenmaekers. The works of De Stijl would influence the Bauhaus style and the international style of architecture, as well as clothing and interior design. Influence on architecture
The De Stijl influence on architecture remained considerable, long after 1931. Mies van der Rohe was among the most important proponents of its ideas. Between 1923 and 1924, Rietveld designed the Rietveld Schröder House, the only building to have been created completely according to De Stijl principles. 
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