The de Stijl school of thought was a philosophical approach to aesthetics ... based on functionalism, with a severe and doctrinaire insistence on the rectilinearity of the planes. All surface decoration except color was to be eliminated, and only pure primary hues, plus black and white were to be allowed. This heavily influenced the Bauhaus group : the ideas of form following function and spare, rectilinear forms were adopted by Bauhaus.
Some de Stijl designers joined Bauhaus as teachers. - char.txa.cornell.edu/art/decart/destijl/... As for a connection with Dali, Op Art was born partly due to influences from the Bauhaus school and its philosophy. Dali used optical illusions in several of his works.
- http://www.pierrevasarely.com/uk/note01.html.
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