Abstract:

In 20. century, emerging technology, the spread of mass media and the different perceptions of the consumer society influenced the field of art as in any field and the desires of the public have been considered priorly. This study is a screening model research that discusses the emergence, artists, effects on subsequent art movements and the reflections in the industry of the De Stijl Movement that arose within the modernization during World War I and was generated completely based on the principle of abstraction as a result of the quest for a national style. De Stijl Movement – as an extension of  Neoplasticism-  has moved the art concept into a different dimension and attracted so much attention with the colors used and the original attitude in terms of the value given to human beings and nature, national stance and the principles. Evolving with the influence of the Cubism, De Stijl is the result of Piet Mondrian’s theoretical and plastic researches which lasted from 1912 until 1917. The most important members were Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, Bart van der Leck, Vilmos Huszar, JJP Oud, Gerrit Rietveld and Georges Vantongerloo. De Stijl used generally only compositions with straight lines and right angles in the horizontal and vertical lines and colors were limited to the three primary colors red, blue, and yellow and neutral colors containing black, white and grey. The movement is considered as special by reason of getting away from nature with using plastic, extracting the natural forms of the items in the compositions and its theosophical orientation. Besides the movemenet has played an active role in the effects of abstract art in the shapes and colors of the objects that are used in nowadays.

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