de stijl

\\dəˈstī(ə)l, -tā(ə)l\ noun

Usage: usually capitalized S

Etymology: Dutch De Stijl, literally, the style, a magazine published by members of the school

: a school of art founded in Holland in 1917 producing work that typically used rectangular forms, the primary colors plus black and white, and asymmetric balance and that had wide application in architecture and practical design

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/deuh stuyl"/

a school of art that was founded in the Netherlands in 1917, embraced painting, sculpture, architecture, furniture, and the decorative arts, and was marked esp. by the use of black and white with the primary colors, rectangular forms, and asymmetry.

Also, De Stijl.

[1930-35; < D: lit., the style, the name of a magazine published by participants in the movement]

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De Stijl /də stīl/

noun

An (orig Dutch) artistic movement of the 1920s, embracing neoplasticism and Dada, and having an influence on contemporary architecture and design

ORIGIN: Du, the style (the title of the movement's magazine)

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De Stijl «duh STYL»,

a movement in modern art, originating in Holland in 1917, emphasizing abstract and geometric forms, especially rectangles, and the use of black and white and the primary colors; neoplasticism.

╂[< Dutch De Stijl (literally) The Style, a magazine devoted to this movement, published from 1917 to 1928]

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[də 'stīl]

a 20th-century Dutch art movement founded in 1917 by Theo van Doesburg (1883 - 1931) and Piet Mondrian. The movement favored an abstract, economical style. It was influential on the Bauhaus and constructivist movements

Origin:

Dutch, literally ‘the style’, originally the name of the movement's periodical

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de Stijl

see Stijl.