In the early 1900s many artists tried various abstract ways of representing reality. Piet Mondrian went beyond them. In his final compositions he avoided any suggestion of reproducing the material world. Instead using horizontal and vertical black lines that outline blocks of pure white, red, blue or yellow, he expressed his conception of ultimate harmony and equilibrium. Mondrian was born on March 7, 1872 in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. He studied at the Amsterdam Academy from 1892 to 1895 then …showed first 75 words of 1042 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1042 total…other in the way that one is made for another, just as man is made for women, and women is made for man. The physical formal elements, of what the art piece is made up of, describes to the viewer the time and feeling of being placed in that time period. The content and true meaning of the art, allows the viewer to connect with the artist, what message the artist is trying to send.