虽然皮特-蒙德里安(1872-1944 年)并不是包豪斯的积极成员,但他的名字却经常与包豪斯艺术学校联系在一起。蒙德里安是荷兰 De Stijl 运动的创始人之一,他呼吁将视觉语言严格简化为正交构图和三原色,这在包豪斯圈子里得到了极大的认可。蒙德里安严谨的纵横几何构图和鲜明的主色调对众多包豪斯大师产生了重要影响;包豪斯的建筑、产品设计、排版、平面设计、绘画等领域都受到了蒙德里安的影响。因此,蒙德里安的艺术理论文章(其中大部分是为 De Stijl 杂志撰写的)被翻译成德文,并作为包豪斯丛书的第五本出版,也就不足为奇了。
The fifth installation in the Bauhausbücher facsimile series, revisiting Piet Mondrian’s influential essays on art theory
Although Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was not an active member of the Bauhaus, his name is often mentioned in connection with the art school. Mondrian, cofounder of the De Stijl movement in the Netherlands, called for a strict reduction of visual language to orthogonal composition and primary colors, which met with great approval in Bauhaus circles. His rigorous geometric compositions of verticals and horizontals and strident palette of essential colors were important to numerous Bauhaus masters; Mondrian’s influence appeared in Bauhaus architecture, product design, typography, graphic design, painting and beyond. It is therefore not surprising that Mondrian’s essays on art theory, most of them written for the De Stijl journal, were translated into German and published as number five in the Bauhausbücher series.
New Design starts with a philosophical foray into art, which Mondrian describes as a figurative expression of human existence―an expression which will find its natural conclusion in his own concept of a “New Design.” Mondrian then considers the relationship between painting and architecture and dares to take a far-reaching look at the future of Neoplasticism, which he imagines revolutionizing design and architecture around the world.
Harry Holtzman's renowned translations of Mondrian's selected essays appear in New Design as a complete compilation for the first time. The publication is true to the content and design of the German first edition of 1925 and includes a brief scholarly commentary.
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