1. Piet Mondrian and Abstract Art
Design Class

2. What is Abstract Art? Realism Abstract
Concerned with making objects look like they do in real life
Easy to recognize what the object is in the artwork (person, animal, etc.)
Concerned with altering images so they don’t look like real life
Some abstract art is so altered that it doesn’t resemble any object in the real world (non-objective)

3. Examples of Abstract, Non-Objective Art
Jackson Pollock
Wassily Kandinsky
Josef Albers

4. Piet Mondrian Born in 1872 in the Netherlands
Famous abstract, non-objective painter
Part of the De Stijl movement (means “The Style”)
Only vertical and horizontal lines
Pure colors (usually primary)
Abstract shapes
Non-objective

5. Piet Mondrian’s Art

6. Piet Mondrian’s Art http://safeYouTube.net/w/5v6

7. Portfolio Requirements
Must be inspired by Piet Mondrian and his abstract, non-objective art
Should fill the space
Must have your first or last name in the artwork somewhere

8. Krista Portfolio Ideas
Create a Mondrian-inspired composition and put your name inside one (or more) of the shapes
Krista

9. Portfolio Ideas K R I S T A
Create a Mondrian-inspired composition and put your name inside one (or more) of the shapes S T A

10. Create block letters and fill them with a Mondrian design
Portfolio Ideas
Krista
Create block letters and fill them with a Mondrian design

11. Portfolio Ideas
You can also try experimenting with other color schemes and shapes

12. Portfolio Assignment
Artwork must be inspired by Piet Mondrian and abstract, non-objective art
Artwork should fill the space (whole front of portfolio)
Artwork should contain your name somewhere
Graded on:
Is it unique? (does it look different than every one else’s project?)
Is it neat? (neatly colored, pencil lines erased, ruler used for straight lines)
Is it complete? (does it contain the three requirements?)