Mondrian

[ mawn-dree-ahn, mon-; Dutch mon-dree-ahn ]

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noun

Mondrian

/ ˈmɔndriːaːn /

MondrianPiet18721944MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Piet (piːt). 1872–1944, Dutch painter, noted esp as an exponent of the abstract art movement De Stijl

The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.

Even the watermelon he serves me is in keeping with a certain aesthetic—perfectly arranged squares, like a Mondrian painting.

Seen from the air, the landscape looks like a Mondrian grid, but its logic is purely abstract.

Newell was working in a mode of Geometric Abstraction that derives from Malevich and Mondrian.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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