<P> De Stijl ( / də ˈstaɪl / ; Dutch pronunciation : ( də ˈstɛil ) ) , Dutch for `` The Style '' , also known as Neoplasticism , was a Dutch artistic movement founded in 1917 in Leiden . De Stijl consisted of artists and architects . In a narrower sense , the term De Stijl is used to refer to a body of work from 1917 to 1931 founded in the Netherlands . Proponents of De Stijl advocated pure abstraction and universality by a reduction to the essentials of form and colour ; they simplified visual compositions to vertical and horizontal , using only black , white and primary colors . </P>
<P> De Stijl ( / də ˈstaɪl / ; Dutch pronunciation : ( də ˈstɛil ) ) , Dutch for `` The Style '' , also known as Neoplasticism , was a Dutch artistic movement founded in 1917 in Leiden . De Stijl consisted of artists and architects . In a narrower sense , the term De Stijl is used to refer to a body of work from 1917 to 1931 founded in the Netherlands . Proponents of De Stijl advocated pure abstraction and universality by a reduction to the essentials of form and colour ; they simplified visual compositions to vertical and horizontal , using only black , white and primary colors . </P>
what characterizes the art and design of the dutch art group known as de stijl
what characterizes the art and design of the dutch art group known as de stijl
pure abstraction and universality
pure abstraction and universality