A Brief Overview of the Dutch Artistic Movement: De Stijl
Years: 1917-1931
Location: The Netherlands
Based completely on aesthetics, the Netherlandish based artistic movement swept the country by storm as a response of their neutrality during WWI, thus causing their isolation from Europe’s art scene, De Stijl. The De Stijl art movement consisted of both artists and architects using elements of pure abstractionism and simple form. Visual components of De Stijl consist of vertical and horizontal lines, primary colors, as well as black and white. With such striking, unique design, the artists Theo van Doesburg,Piet Mondrian, Bart van der Leck, and architects Gerrit Rietveld and Cornelis van Eesteren swept The Netherlands by storm.
In this social studies unit, teachers Ms. Paquette, Ms. Hucke, Ms. Vetter, Ms. Moyer, and Ms. Sparks will integrate art while using computer science to teach the aesthetics, composure, and historical background of De Stijl art movement to a group of 3rd grade students. This unit will take up 6 lessons that will consist of videos, Scratch, and Google Slides about individual artists/architects. Each lesson will be an hour long and each will incorporate Scratch for individual daily projects.
