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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Composition in red, yellow and blue, Piet Mondrian


Mondrian considered stained glass windows the perfect bond between light, spirit and art. That led him to surround pure colors with black lines, like they were the joints in stained glass windows found in ancient cathedrals.

Check out what's behind this painting.



If you want to know what the Golden Section is, read this article.

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SourcesDeicher, S. Mondrian, Köln, Taschen, 2010;
Dittmann, Farbgestaltung und Farbtheorie in der abendländischen Malerei, Darmstadt, WBG, 1987;
personal notes
Design and translation: Lorenzo Vigo
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