Theo Van Doesburg: A Dutch artist, writer and a poet. His real given name was Christian Emil, but he preferred calling himself Theo Doesburg after his stepfather whom his mother married when he was the age of nine. He wrote articles for several periodicals and succeeded as a caricaturist in 1910 for a living. However, in 1915 he gave his first lecture on modern art. It was evident through that lecture that Theo Van believed art would lead humanity towards a higher spiritual world in which political and economical conflicts would disappear. (Dickerman, 2006)
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Theo Van Doesburg's Simultaneous Embrace of De Stijl and Dada
Theo Van Doesburg: A Dutch artist, writer and a poet. His real given name was Christian Emil, but he preferred calling himself Theo Doesburg after his stepfather whom his mother married when he was the age of nine. He wrote articles for several periodicals and succeeded as a caricaturist in 1910 for a living. However, in 1915 he gave his first lecture on modern art. It was evident through that lecture that Theo Van believed art would lead humanity towards a higher spiritual world in which political and economical conflicts would disappear. (Dickerman, 2006)
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Please focus on his work and not on his biography.You have to see his designs in connection with two important movements, De Stijl and Dada. You can give a link for the biographical information and focus only on major events in your main text. You have a long way ahead of you.
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Sure, thanks for taking the time to see it.
ReplyDeleteCreate a link for every in-text reference with the full reference. That way you won't need to write a bibliography in the end of the essay.
ReplyDeleteYou are still in the beginning. I will be waiting for you to post more text.
The biographical information is not necessary. create a link for this and concentrate on his work as a designer.