{Positive Mysticism}[29th August 1988]

[Redbook5:334][19880829:1018b]{Positive Mysticism}[29th August 1988]

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I have come across a reference* to the work of the Dutch Mathematician and Philosopher MHJ Schoenmaekers, in Positive Mysticism or Plastic Mathematics: ‘the resolution of fundamental contradictions – active and passive, male and female, space and time, darkness and light – in the geometrical form of a meeting of horizontal and vertical ‘ – with the [sic?] three colours, etc., as sun, space and unifying (red). He seems to have influenced Mondrian.** Other than that I can’t find anything at all.

*Encyclopaedia of Visual Art, V, 874, E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] I[nternational], London ([]).

**[& the De Stihl*** movement generally: “Mathieu Hubertus Josephus Schoenmaekers (13 December 1875, Maastricht - 18 December 1944, Laren) was a mathematician and theosophist who formulated the plastic and philosophical principles of the De Stijl [or Neoplasticism] movement.” (Wikipedia). Even on the Internet (per Google) 30 years later, there appears to be very little about him, at least in English)]

***[De Stijl was influenced by Cubist painting as well as by the mysticism and the ideas about "ideal" geometric forms (such as the "perfect straight line") in the neoplatonic philosophy of mathematician M. H. J. Schoenmaekers. The De Stijl movement was also influenced by Neopositivism. The works of De Stijl would influence the Bauhaus style and the international style of architecture as well as clothing and interior design. However, it did not follow the general guidelines of an "-ism" (e.g., Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism), nor did it adhere to the principles of art schools like the Bauhaus; it was a collective project, a joint enterprise.

In music, De Stijl was an influence only on the work of composer Jakob van Domselaer, a close friend of Mondrian. Between 1913 and 1916, he composed his Proeven van Stijlkunst ("Experiments in Artistic Style"), inspired mainly by Mondrian's paintings. This minimalistic—and, at the time, revolutionary—music defined "horizontal" and "vertical" musical elements and aimed at balancing those two principles. Van Domselaer was relatively unknown in his lifetime, and did not play a significant role within De Stijl. (Wikipedia)]

[cf [Redbook2:355][19841208:2300b]{The Centre Point: Here, and There}[8^th December 1984]]

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