Abstract Ideas: 100 Years of De Stijl

[@esonandabankulu2894]

One thing I understand is the philosophy of simplicity here...it's more about the raw and concrete expression of what minimalist is and not about a flashy approach compared to old movements like baroque and all...it's real class

[@jugglingjob]

'De Stijl' in Dutch is pronounced almost the same as The Style in English. So it's not The Sschhhtyle ;)

[@Benimation]

I know, this was so cringy to listen too.. Other than that, it's a great video, though.

[@pope400]

But how will my friends know I'm artsy if I don't accent the shit out of everything?

[@LQOTW]

Yes, please lose the German pronunciation when speaking Dutch. You wouldn't speak Spanish with a French accent, would you? Even the French don't do that.

[@birddogfreemann]

Yeah. Why is IT that we have a bloody American telling us about De Stijl?! What a complete loser.

[@studioROT]

It is not only cringing, it says something about the approach towards research. Uninformed attempts to pronunciation betray academic laziness. It is ironic that this man mentions the concept of ’essential elements of representation’ in the same sentence in which he fails to apply the essential elements of representation, once again.

[@patryktomaszewski578]

Cubism was not abstract and Picasso was adamant about never jettisoning representation. Futurism, while embracing non-figurative vocabularies, was not founded as an abstract art movement (and was more political in nature). These distinctions are very important when teaching the history of abstraction. Sotheby's needs to do better job at vetting the content.

[@ScottJamesHicks]

The narrator looks like a De Stijl version of Mathew Broderick. (Not an insult. Just an observation.)

[@lexilala1968]

I cannot believe that an actual real person decided that "most intellectually satisfying _chair"_ was a viable sentence

[@russelldudley2305]

I am building one. It is just that.

[@andrewvalenski921]

I think that may actually be saying more about you than the subject you’re referencing. Something to sit with

[@benjaminarmstrong7047]

Ferris Beuller's De off.

[@bigcirkus306]

"By, sort of weeping (or wheeping?) to the end of a line and dispensing of everything that is not essentials you find this ultimate form of representation that is ultimate abstraction" What weeping? Which one of the lines? Is it all lines? What are essentials and for what? What representation, what is being represented here? How an abstraction can be half or ultimate?

[@umangkayastha7422]

Weeping as in erasing elements that are not essential so as to define a piece that is not too heterogeneous. Here, the essential elements are the primary colours red, blue and yellow only, and horizontal and vertical lines intersecting at right angles. A style of simplicity that defines modern movement is being represented here. De stijl was just an idea in art and design, a complete abstraction that was brought to materialistic form through architecture and design.

[@bigcirkus306]

@@umangkayastha7422 When you look at a real inspirational art no words, persuasions or interpretations are necessary. Check out Ivan Shishkin.

[@remsan03]

Very handsome fella, that Julian Dawes.

[@elektrozil9728]

The bottom of the chair actually said: R_OT_A_T_E.

[@temmiesjourney6003]

Not a fan of the De Stijl design, but it has an interesting concept.

[@armanflint]

It's not a design. It's a movement.

[@nikkiwebsterrulz]

he's hot

[@jaguarandi2]

it's kind of lame

[@Doors067]

I like it but not in a pretencious way, i once had a woman ask me what i liked about it and my response was its simple to enjoy but beyond my comprehension.plus there are certain ones i like and some i dont (-:

[@lexilala1968]

@@Doors067 While that statement may not be pretentious in itself, it's in the spirit of other people's pretentiousness

[@hansolo2121]

@@lexilala1968 That's like saying that a comment isn't racist in itself, but it's in the spirit of other people's racism. And that is exactly what is happening now all over the world. Everything is racist. If you want it to be.

[@lexilala1968]

@@hansolo2121 I was kinda joking you really didn't need to make it political :/