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| De Stijl [ də stl ] |
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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
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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
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| [Mid-20th century. < Dutch, "the style," title of the periodical that represented the movement] |
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