In The Story of De Stijl, which draws extensively on original sources, the authors challenge the understanding of De Stijl as a coherent movement, presenting a series of 'scenes' focussed on crucial turning-points in the history of De Stijl and bringing to the foreground the key relationships and interactions which brought De Stijl to life.
What was De Stijl? This survey seeks to unravel that question and to consider how the theory of De Stijl matched its actual practice. The authors challenge the understanding of De Stijl as a coherent movement.
