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de Stijl definition

de Stijl (də stīl′, -stāl′)

an abstract art movement marked by the use of rectangular forms and by emphasis on primary colors or grays and blacks

Etymology: Du, lit., the Style, name of a journal founded in 1917 in Holland by Mondrian and Theodore van Doesburg

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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