Mondrian
Dutch grid painter
Mondrian refers to the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), known for abstract compositions using black grids and blocks of primary colors.
As an adjective, it describes anything resembling his distinctive geometric style: a Mondrian-inspired dress, The building's facade has a Mondrian quality.
His aesthetic permeates modern design, from fashion to architecture.
Framework of intersecting lines
- primary colorsUnmixable base pigments
- redPrimary color, warm
- yellowHue between green and orange
- bluePrimary color; also sad
black lines · white space · geometric · rectangles · squares · asymmetry · balance · harmony
Of the Netherlands
- painterOne who applies pigment
- abstractCondensed version of text
- modernistAdvocate of experimental forms
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
easel · canvas · studio · retrospective · oeuvre · masterwork · avant-garde · pioneer
Striking pictorial arrangement
- lozengeMedicated tablet for sucking
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- treesWoody plants with trunks
chrysanthemum · pier · ocean · checkerboard · unfinished · series · MoMA · auction
Connection to the sacred
- theosophyMystical divine knowledge system
- universalAffecting all equally
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
truth · order · equilibrium · transcendence · reduction · abstraction · idealism · utopia
French haute couture pioneer
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- textilesWoven or knit materials
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- interior designPlanning indoor spaces
furniture · IKEA · graphic design · logos · branding · album covers · posters · homage
grid
Framework of intersecting lines
- primary colorsUnmixable base pigments
- redPrimary color, warm
- yellowHue between green and orange
blue · black lines · white space · geometric · rectangles · squares · asymmetry · balance · harmony · minimalism
Dutch
Of the Netherlands
- painterOne who applies pigment
- abstractCondensed version of text
- modernistAdvocate of experimental forms
Broadway · easel · canvas · studio · retrospective · oeuvre · masterwork · avant-garde · pioneer · visionary
tableau
Striking pictorial arrangement
- lozengeMedicated tablet for sucking
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
trees · chrysanthemum · pier · ocean · checkerboard · unfinished · series · MoMA · auction · Sotheby's
spirituality
Connection to the sacred
- theosophyMystical divine knowledge system
- universalAffecting all equally
- essenceFundamental nature of something
absolute · truth · order · equilibrium · transcendence · reduction · abstraction · idealism · utopia · harmony
Yves Saint Laurent
French haute couture pioneer
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- textilesWoven or knit materials
- architectureBuilding design discipline
interior design · furniture · IKEA · graphic design · logos · branding · album covers · posters · homage · tribute
- Dutch ArtistsRembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, Hieronymus Bosch, Vincent van Gogh, M.C. Escher
- Dutch FiguresErasmus, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Anne Frank
- DutchDutch, Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam
- NetherlandsAmsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, tulips
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Da Vinci, Dali
- Modern Artcubism, Cubism, Fauvism, dadaism, Dadaism
MondrianNorman Rockwell
Caravaggio · figurative art · realism · photorealism · naturalism
MondrianArt Nouveau
Curvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
curvilinear · Gaudí · Gaudi · arabesque · Rococo
MondrianHenri Matisse