{"id":2839,"date":"2025-05-05T15:40:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/publikationen\/bauhausbuecher-6-theo-van-doesburg-principles-of-neo-plastic-art\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:59:54","slug":"bauhausbuecher-6-theo-van-doesburg-principles-of-neo-plastic-art","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/research\/publications\/bauhausbuecher-6-theo-van-doesburg-principles-of-neo-plastic-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauhausb\u00fccher 6 \u2013 Theo van Doesburg: Principles of Neo-Plastic Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-copy' data-pattern='ho\/header-publikationen'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only padding-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-10'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-5'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-10'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n<h1 class=ho-sd-h2>Bauhausb\u00fccher 6 \u2013 Theo van Doesburg: Principles of Neo-Plastic Art<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 margin-top-7 col-md-4'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_FQg2tQ\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 2051,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_6_Doesburg-236x300.jpg\",\"width\":236,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":5751},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_6_Doesburg-806x1024.jpg\",\"width\":806,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":37852},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_6_Doesburg-768x975.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":975,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":33876},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_6_Doesburg-1209x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1209,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":70299},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_6_Doesburg-346x440.jpg\",\"width\":346,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":11080},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_6_Doesburg-457x580.jpg\",\"width\":457,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":16218},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_6_Doesburg-567x720.jpg\",\"width\":567,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":22466},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_6_Doesburg-1008x1280.jpg\",\"width\":1008,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":49702},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_6_Doesburg.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1905}},\n\"alt\" : \"Book cover with colored squares in red, yellow, blue, and gray, titled &quot;Principles of Neo-Plastic Art&quot; 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by Theo van Doesburg.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6 margin-top-7 col-md-offset-2'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>Bauhausb\u00fccher 6 \u2013 Theo van Doesburg: Principles of Neo-Plastic Art<\/strong><br><br>Edited by Lars M\u00fcller in collaboration with Bauhaus-Archiv\u2009\/\u2009Museum f\u00fcr Gestaltung<br><br>68 pages, 32 illustrations<br>Hardcover<br>Lars M\u00fcller, 2020, English<br><br>This new English translation is published in the layout of the German first edition of 1925 and features a separate commentary.<br><br>Theo van Doesburg was a jack of all trades: painter, writer, architect, typographer, and art theorist. In this volume of the Bauhausb\u00fccher, he attempts to make elementary concepts in the visual arts generally comprehensible. He was addressing the \u201cmodern artist\u201d of his day, who had to deal with both shifting social paradigms and a changing understanding of art and art theory. Van Doesburg describes theory as a necessary consequence of creative practice. 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