| Title |
A Study on Theo van Doesburg’s Plastic Experiments with Colored Planes |
| Keywords |
Theo van Doesburg ; De Stijl ; Colored Planes ; Dynamic Architecture ; Fourth Dimension |
| Abstract |
This research is to find out the characteristics and significance of the plastic experiments with colored planes in Theo van Doesburg's works. Based on the analysis, the following results have been obtained. First, Theo van Doesburg's plastic experiments with colored planes started from the paintings in 1916-1918. series and series were made of the abstraction of still life or human motion. These paintings were intended to make effects of rhythm, acceleration and simultaneity. Second, he colored the outer and inner architectural surface with primary colors. The expression of visual rhythm on the color design for De Vonk, Districts Housing Projects Ⅷ & Ⅸ in Spangen, Multi-Housing in Oosterstraat, Friesian Housing, Landbouw Winter School, and University Hall in Amsterdam embodied the concept of painting -in- architecture. Third, the field of these experiments were extended into the architectural space. As a results, Ho?tel Particulier and Maison d'Artiste was shown on the Architectural Exhibition in Paris in 1923. The colored planes were used as a construction material. They generated the dynamic space in architecture. Fourth, through the pictorial works like Architectural Analysis, Contra-Composition, Simultaneous Composition or Simultaneous Contra-Composition, Tesseract and Aubette Cinema-Dancing Hall, he created the concepts of simultaneous integration including nature and the environments as well as space-time in the architecture. |