Piet Mondrian's Artistic Evolution

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  • Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
  • This video is much more an overview of Piet Mondrian's artistic progression rather than an analysis of Broadway Boogie-Woogie. Broadway Boogie-Woogie is just the culmination of Piet Mondrian's decades of artistic evolution and quest for purification.
    0:00 Piet Mondrian
    2:20 De Stijl
    3:39 New York City
    4:20 Final Thoughts
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Комментарии • 113

  • @joshkatsikis9138
    @joshkatsikis9138 2 года назад +33

    My local art museum happens to have broadway boogie woogie in their permanent collection and whenever I go to see an exhibition I always pop in to the permanent collection to come back to this and other favorite works. I never knew the context for the painting or that it was his last, I really appreciate the video.

  • @Theeme
    @Theeme 4 года назад +144

    I have to admit that as more the video progresses, the less I like Mondrian's pictures - they are interesting, sure, especially the Broadway Boogie-Woogie, but they don't touch/move me in the way other art does.
    However, I think especially this kind of modern/abstract art really benefits from this type of video, for it not only analyzes one single picture, but shows its meaning in the artist's creative history and progression of style over time. So, thank you for (again) broadening my horizons :)

    • @bigcirkus306
      @bigcirkus306 3 года назад +7

      I completely agree wit you. Moreover, I think that all that is a pretentious bluff. But, let´s say that there exist a possibility that we have no sensor (antena) that can decode for us a hidden meaning.

    • @Joostuh
      @Joostuh 2 года назад +11

      @@bigcirkus306 Well you are wrong. Mondriaan's work is composition laid bare, no noise, no limitations only composition. It's an uncompromising quest to find the universal influence of composition on beauty.

    • @Joostuh
      @Joostuh 2 года назад +7

      And there is no hidden meaning. All meaning has been stripped away, that's the point. His art works on a much more logical than emotional level.

    • @bigcirkus306
      @bigcirkus306 2 года назад +9

      @@Joostuh Sorry, but i am not able to understand the meaning of your words.
      Composition of what? I can only se a composition of colours and limited ones.
      "Uncompromising quest to find the universal influence of composition on beauty" .......I can not understand that language.

    • @jojojo8835
      @jojojo8835 2 года назад +11

      Me too- I was mind blown when I first saw some of his earlier lake paintings, the gradual development of abstraction towards grids, like he invented pixelation. Same amount of pigment just differently distributed. I’d never seen an artist go through so many different styles in one lifetime- smitten!

  • @xyzxyzxyz2959
    @xyzxyzxyz2959 3 года назад +31

    Quality of the content you make is so high! One of the best art channels on RUclips period.

  • @matthewrobinson6872
    @matthewrobinson6872 2 года назад +9

    One of my favorite artists of all time loved how he experimented and tried new things.

  • @avedic
    @avedic Год назад +6

    I used to get nothing from Mondrian's later work.
    Now though? I absolutely adore it.
    It's hard to articulate _why_ I love it so much tho.....and that's part of what I find fascinating about it.
    The sheer ineffable nature of my love for it is interesting in itself. I love the primal de facto geometry of it....

  • @marnanel
    @marnanel 4 года назад +19

    Thank you! This makes the evolution of his work much clearer to me.

  • @retromodernism1799
    @retromodernism1799 2 года назад +2

    A really valuable account of Mondrian's progression & development, carefully and accurately narrated. Thank you !

  • @iamforsaken_1
    @iamforsaken_1 4 года назад +5

    Insightful video as always, keep up the good work!

  • @windowsight_official
    @windowsight_official Год назад +1

    It's incredible to see how Mondrian shaped and perfected his style with every artwork he painted. Great and informative video

  • @luisapinheiro8820
    @luisapinheiro8820 Год назад +1

    That's what I call an awesome tribute to such an amazing artist! Very well done!

  • @stefanpredoi4564
    @stefanpredoi4564 Год назад +4

    I wonder what would've happened if he had lived longer and painted more like Broadway boogie. Perhaps he would've "reconstructed" his older style, but working from the minimalist forms of his De Stijl period, or perhaps he would've made something entirely new. Great video.

  • @joshuaklappe
    @joshuaklappe 9 месяцев назад +1

    Funny to see all these complaints about the dutch pronunciation of the name Piet Mondrian. Indeed, Piet is correctly pronounced as 'Pete' and not as 'Pee-yet' but he changed his surname himself (from Mondriaan to Mondrian) when he moved to Paris in 1911. So no mistake from the narrator there! Only thing I would add is the pronunciation of the movement 'De Stijl' which is 'The Style' and not 'The Steel'. Maybe you've mistaken it for the German 'Stil' pronounced as 'Steel', which is not Dutch. Many times Dutch is closer to English than you might think. Anyways, keep up the good work, the videos are enlightening!

  • @TankCowIvan
    @TankCowIvan 2 года назад +1

    fantastic video. short, but cohesive and informative. great!

  • @choiscolor5290
    @choiscolor5290 2 года назад +1

    I love mondrian paintings.
    Thanks♥

  • @taraxacum
    @taraxacum 2 года назад

    I heard that his work was referenced in the painting of the Partridge Family schoolbus, of all things, and I like learning more about his life and work. This video does a good job of it.

  • @matteo37589
    @matteo37589 4 года назад +11

    Hello Canvas! I came here from Nerdwriter with... honestly low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised! Your video is informative and well designed. I love helpful, critical commentary when I produce something so I wanted to offer you a few constructive thoughts. Really hope it helps :)
    Opening-
    Why is this man so impactful and important to art? What is he trying to say about people? Why should he be important to me?
    -Neo Plasticism definition- Drags on a bit long. Simplify. Purity.
    -He moved because of Fascism. Did he make any political statements with his work? How did fascism impact his work?
    -Link between new NY lifestyle and painting. As the energetic pace of New York began to infuse his world that crazy energy seeped into the lines of his paintings.
    Ending- Stronger correlation between his journey and our journey.
    -Are we all seeking purity? Are we all ultimately desiring to be broken down to our simplest, clearest forms? What does his art say about all of us?
    Hope this helps. Keep up the great work!

  • @Sarakindamt
    @Sarakindamt 2 года назад

    Educational and informative
    Thanks a lot

  • @granttoye5852
    @granttoye5852 2 года назад +1

    I'd love to see the canvas explain M.C. Escher! Very complex. One of my favorites. I've also loved how iconic Mondrian's work has become. I have the strangest feeling that I've seen Mondrian references in cartoons

  • @kiyositanaka
    @kiyositanaka 2 месяца назад

    i am in japan
    And the single entrance door of the house has several colors and patterns.
    When I thought of adding this, I was reminded of a painting by Mondrian.
    Please refer to this video.
    In any case, being an artist (woodworks)
    Even if you are an architect) your own design is
    It's consistent.
    Whether it's the chair Hans Wegner or the architect Kengo Kuma,
    Every piece has a consistent design no matter which way you look at it.
    There are parts.

  • @hartgetzen7867
    @hartgetzen7867 5 месяцев назад

    Well done!

  • @aramasarma873
    @aramasarma873 Год назад

    Art is always the higher form of consciousness. The lines that Mondrian used had a better connect and rhythm. Art is always felt in the depthness beyond understanding of the human mind. So pure. Art speaks the essence of artist and it is human experience beyond all limitations that connects the soul of art lovers.

  • @curiousworld7912
    @curiousworld7912 3 года назад

    I think I appreciate and admire the journey, more than I do the destination.

  • @floptropican_rat1
    @floptropican_rat1 2 года назад

    Amazing video!

  • @reputablehype
    @reputablehype 2 года назад

    Mondrian's work as a whole basically captured life perfectly. You start out with grand plans, perfect vision of what you want to achieve. It's as if everything is possible, all the tools and options at your disposal. Then as you age you run into limitations and you become more and more rigid. Eventually just small splashes of colour along your routine days. The days are simple but that's okay because you have your earlier experiences that live on in their own right.

  • @veroniqueblais5486
    @veroniqueblais5486 4 года назад +1

    I’m your biggest fan!

  • @tsanyubaidillah5854
    @tsanyubaidillah5854 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for a great explanation...

  • @stephenturner6075
    @stephenturner6075 2 года назад

    Composition ll Red Blue and Yellow is my all time favourite painting.

  • @ranjanjoshi3454
    @ranjanjoshi3454 Год назад

    Thanks insightful

  • @cgautz
    @cgautz 19 дней назад

    Thanks!

  • @sureshshenoy6393
    @sureshshenoy6393 3 года назад +1

    Awesome

  • @erics7004
    @erics7004 21 день назад

    Mondrian and László Moholy-Nagy are the most amazing artists in the 20th century. Both move forward art to different levels.

  • @cocoananas889
    @cocoananas889 3 года назад +2

    Very good video

  • @plywoodcarjohnson5412
    @plywoodcarjohnson5412 Год назад +1

    I admire his confidence. They say 90% of the worlds population are idiots. To go against the stream a believing in all this, relentlessly proceeding is very impressive. I think there is more to discover in Richters and Pollacks paintings. But the life and artistic progression of Mondrians art is impressive. To keep pleasing people and asking others if it looks good is a sign of weakness really. Or fear if you wish. If you find a new idea, run with it. How many Mondrians are there out there? Very few.

  • @kerrianderson106
    @kerrianderson106 3 года назад +1

    I agree with comment 17

  • @vicjames3256
    @vicjames3256 Год назад

    Art like this does not move as much for many as when seen in person.
    I didn't GET Monet, Kandinsky, Pollack, Miro, Mondrian, etc. till I saw their works up close.
    They do indeed move.

  • @jonathanmddl2440
    @jonathanmddl2440 2 года назад +24

    I have to admit I don't understand this kind of modern art, I like a lot his first paintings, but the last ones are so abstract and simple that I feel that if someone in the internet posted one of the last paintings, all the people would think he did it in 5 minutes on MSPaint and that it has no meaning, but if the original artist were living and posted the same painting on internet, a lot of people would think it's a masterpiece just because the artist is famous...

    • @ayanmukherjee2170
      @ayanmukherjee2170 Год назад +27

      Art is many times more about the meaning behind it, the creation of it, what it represents, what it has changed, and the person who created it than what it looks like. That is what makes Piet Mondrian so interesting to so many people. It is what it he tries to represent, and what he has tried to change and challenge. Personally, the whole “universal beauty” he tried to pull off makes his paintings a lot more interesting to me. Also, paintings like this should teach you to appreciate art of all forms, even those that were painted on MSPaint in five minutes lol. Don’t let the opinions of others sway yours.

    • @amb600cd0
      @amb600cd0 Год назад +2

      @@ayanmukherjee2170 really love your comment

    • @kevinvu5432
      @kevinvu5432 Год назад +1

      I love his artwork because it feels like it's trying to represent creation at its simplest form.
      Like the world is a blank canvas, and the fire thing that was created was lines and primary colors.
      Not every painting is a hit. I don't like Conposition with Yellow Lines

    • @floppycockjamboozle5382
      @floppycockjamboozle5382 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@ayanmukherjee2170 while the meaning and story behind a piece may be more important, Mondrian really did create visually bangin designs.

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 3 месяца назад

      ​@@ayanmukherjee2170well said

  • @jermainengxueminpcps278
    @jermainengxueminpcps278 8 месяцев назад

    What does he use to paint

    • @I_am_Lauren
      @I_am_Lauren 5 месяцев назад

      He used primarily oil paint. Though some of his later works after 1935 may have been in Acrylic since it was newly invented.

  • @larikmezey3924
    @larikmezey3924 Год назад

    His later work makes me appreciate talented art. He dipped into the philosophy excuse for art.

    • @I_am_Lauren
      @I_am_Lauren 5 месяцев назад

      Philosophy is a totally valid conduit for making art. It's about the process.

  • @firesurfer
    @firesurfer 4 года назад

    At the end of Mondrian's work, the final minimalist form becomes known as The Look. This is adopted by many companies for product design. Look bicycles, and pedals among others.
    www.guggenheim.org/arts-curriculum/resource-unit/singular-forms-sometimes-repeated-art-from-1951-to-the-present
    cycling-passion.com/story-mondrian/
    theartgorgeous.com/10-best-art-meets-fashion-collab/image-8/

  • @maartken5173
    @maartken5173 Год назад +4

    Great video, however as a dutch person your pronunciation of 'Piet Mondriaan' made me giggle. It's not french, it's dutch. And it's pronounced like: Pete/peet Mon-dree-ahn

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 3 месяца назад

      Damn hard to pronounce those names

  • @aidandavis7657
    @aidandavis7657 2 года назад

    Artistic devolution.

  • @DaMurph
    @DaMurph 3 года назад +1

    Was he popular in his day? Did he sell?

  • @OronPeg
    @OronPeg 3 года назад +3

    We say PETE (like peace) Mondriaan and not "piète Mondrian" like in French.

  • @KOU-ZAI
    @KOU-ZAI Год назад +1

    I suppose I'm one of those folks who just couldn't get into his pieces, no matter how much others raved about it. It does stand out as unique and I can see the meaning behind it, but sadly, I couldn't appreciate it as art.

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 3 месяца назад

      It's art dummy..art is subjective...nobody dictates what is art ...u don't understand geometry either ...everthing based on shapes

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 3 месяца назад

      You sound foolish

  • @rominafalcon513
    @rominafalcon513 3 года назад +2

    Hello

  • @ishanychheda1725
    @ishanychheda1725 Месяц назад

    #pickupanactualpaintbrushmetaprick

  • @rishiraman998
    @rishiraman998 Год назад

    tiles as medium for purist art phase would great . It doesn't look good on as painting or drawing , made it appear boring to normal eye.

  • @HansBomers
    @HansBomers Год назад

    Interesting video even though your Dutch pronunciation is atrocious. 😂 Van Der Leck sounded pretty okay. But the emphasis in Mondriaan is on MON. And the AA is the "long" or "open" A sound.

  • @lauren1779
    @lauren1779 Год назад

    Tommy Hillfiger lol

  • @allak8294
    @allak8294 Год назад

    Was Mondrian influenced by Malevich? Can suprematism and neo-plastisism be considered minimalist movements?

  • @user-ki4hu8ht1j
    @user-ki4hu8ht1j 3 месяца назад

    m,

  • @ishanychheda1725
    @ishanychheda1725 Месяц назад

    #lamerberglol

  • @slavamixer1
    @slavamixer1 Год назад

    It's pronounced "Pete", not "P-8".

  • @kianecarrera5368
    @kianecarrera5368 2 года назад +1

    Why did you say piet mondriaan like as if he is french

    • @TheCanvasArtHistory
      @TheCanvasArtHistory  2 года назад +1

      I was taught art history mostly in French and I instinctively pronounced his name the way I had learned it. However, that was a mistake, but I do say he's from the Netherlands.

  • @vruz
    @vruz 2 года назад

    My only complaint is that the narrator pronounces Piet Mondrian's name in French, as if he were French. He's Dutch.

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 3 месяца назад

      Sound same anyway ...and who cares ? U hete to watch the video about the artist now he pronouncing it !!! Why stupid people make a big deal about it ???

  • @hansolo2121
    @hansolo2121 3 года назад +6

    You pronounce 'Mondrian' as if it were a French name. Why do you do this? Please don't... Mondriaan was a Dutchman not a Frenchman. His actual name was Mondriaan. A very Dutch name. He later changed it to Mondrian because people kept spelling it as Mondrian anyway. but that doesn't mean this Dutch name should now all of a sudden be pronounced as a French word or French name. It is not a French word. It is not a French name. It is a Dutch name. The correct pronounciation is 'Mondriaan'.

    • @TheCanvasArtHistory
      @TheCanvasArtHistory  3 года назад +18

      Sorry if it's an irritant! I should have tried to pronounce his name in Dutch.
      As I stated at the beginning of the video, Mondrian is Dutch and I would never say that he's a French artist. I study art history in French (as it is my first language) and, when talking about Mondrian, we pronounce it in a French way. It was an oversight on my part.

    • @taylorcallahan2996
      @taylorcallahan2996 3 года назад +18

      You could have been a little less rude man. It was a simple mistake and plus, the information in the video was good. So try to be more polite about things no one is perfect.

    • @ML-ws1wp
      @ML-ws1wp 6 месяцев назад

      I was going to praise the video for its content but also intended to make this point about the funny pronunciation of Mondrian! 😂 I'm glad I was not the only one to notice. If if wasn't for that, the video would be perfect.

    • @artlover3120
      @artlover3120 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ML-ws1wpguys you need to chill, the guy said French is his first language, it's fine.. I would have pronounced it more badly because I'm neither French nor English

  • @rxw5520
    @rxw5520 2 года назад +1

    The more words it takes to appreciate the art, the more likely it is to be horseshit.

  • @filipnowak3748
    @filipnowak3748 4 месяца назад

    Neo-plasticism is offensive to me, bad taste and simply disgusting. The fact one of his paintings was hanging upside down tells me everything about this sort of thing “art”. In my opinion it’s perfect style for people who likes to think about their uniqueness and understanding of something which majority people don’t. Behind Composition of Red, blue and yellow is nothing beautiful or worth showing in museum

  • @JoostEurovisionFans
    @JoostEurovisionFans 2 года назад +4

    This looks like a MS paint job by a 10 year old.
    Everyday people are not impressed with this and don't consider this art. So, then how come "the world" keeps telling us it is?
    Well, very rich people like Solomon Guggenheim, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, etc heavily financed this movement. The J6wish build Modern Museums in Londen, Paris, New York and used radio and tv to convince the public and "educate" people in this concept. But If we are being honest, cubism is just abstract art. It's not Fine Art. Until you take an artist and create a mythical story about how far ahead and great he was, and boast about it's worth millions, it will be a MS paint job of a 10 year old. Trust me, you and me will never pay 100.000 dollar if we don't know who the artist was. So, the elite heavily pays "art expert's"to claim artist is "revolutionary" and "famous". Until then, it's just painted cubes.
    Also, these artist like Piet Mondrian made a living by selling normal art, like painted flowers, watercolours, or landscapes. Barely, anybody wanted to buy pained cubes. He sold his first cube painting in 1925. Even museums refused to take his paintings in as art. That is why the elite had to build their own Modern Art museum. In these museums they included art paintings, with animals have sex with humans, and other immoral, weird, scary paintings and call them art. Despicable, immoral, and degenerate art was now going mainstream.
    Nowadays they have added Boring Ape NFT's as art. But really it is not art. It is another overpriced MS Paint image, that is hyped up to be worth "65 million". Who hyped this up? The same elite and media that is pushing any crap and make you believe it's worth gold. While they buy real gold, you buy stupid hyped trendy sh*t with no value.

  • @eneeland
    @eneeland 3 года назад +5

    A third grade student could "paint" Mondrian's vertical/horizontal "pictures". A computer could do it. Anyone could do it. What a waste of a life.

    • @hansolo2121
      @hansolo2121 3 года назад +17

      "What a waste of a life" is exactly what I was thinking when I read your opinion on Mondriaan.

    • @gloomycandy101
      @gloomycandy101 3 года назад +10

      That is quite literally the point of De Stijl, simplification of form to the point of universal appeal and ability. The fact that anyone could do it is important.

    • @oldtelephone
      @oldtelephone 3 года назад +4

      *seeing this comment*
      what a waste of life

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 3 месяца назад

      Painter all his life lol more than u every did lol u probably still in diapers

  • @madyanmusa7337
    @madyanmusa7337 Год назад +1

    Hello