Piet Mondrian pioneered the de Stijl movementmdash;Dutch for ldquo;The Stylerdquo;mdash;that emerged in the early 20th century and which served as an important transition from a focus on Symbolism and Realism to a new and growing focus on abstraction. The evolution of Mondrianrsquo;s initial; traditional style; akin to that of The Hague School; through to his much later works in primary colors and geometric forms; which he called Neo-plasticism; is marked by rather sharp deviations in stylistic form and experimentation along the way; including Cubism and Fauvism. Much of Mondrianrsquo;s work was greatly influenced by Theosophy; a movement considered to be the genesis of ldquo;New Agerdquo; beliefs; begun by the Russian occultist Helena Blavatsky in 1875. The goal of her followers was to find inner enlightenment. As Mondrian sought personal inner beauty and the reason for his existence; he sought the same in his art; reducing and simplying the subjects of his paintings to the true essence of what he perceived as their inner beauty and raison drsquo;etre. In the company of artists such as Picasso and Daliacute;; Mondrianrsquo;s body of work is without question one of the most evolutionary in style and imaginative in content; ranging from excellently executed realistic depictions to the most abstract interpretations of their subjects.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Lola SilverAwesome book! Necessary for every performer!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. very insightfulBy Nicole D. MasonAs an actor its a very good read and helps a lot to work out character research. It gives plenty of exercise.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Movement Training for ActorsBy Gail F. HoakI have been teaching Movement for Actors for over 20 years and am a Certified Laban Movement Analysis. This workbook for training actors; especially those just beginning to get in touch with the expressivity of their bodies and the essential connections of body and voice; is an incredibly useful tool. Logical in its development (it follows Laban Movement Analysis more than it acknowledges) and clearly presented; it is practical for classwork or work alone at home or in a studio. My only reservation may be in the way some of the Laban material is presented; but this presentation does not stop it from being a user friendly sourcebook.
