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De Stijl
De Stijl [ də stl ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. Dutch abstract art movement: an artistic movement founded in the Netherlands in 1917 that advocated the reduction of forms to geometric shapes and the use of primary colors along with black and white
2. Dutch art movement: an art movement founded in the Netherlands in 1917 by Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian that advocated an austere abstract style
[Mid-20th century. < Dutch, "the style," title of the periodical that represented the movement]
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