In order to approach the spiritual in art, one employs reality as little as possible... This explains logically why primary forms are employed. Since these forms are abstract, an abstract art comes into being.

Piet Mondrian

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Topic

Art

Author

Piet Mondrian

Language

Dutch

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Netherlands Europe

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Citation

Mondrian, Piet. Sketchbook II. c. 1914.

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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man." The Egoist. 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915. Serial.

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Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 4.

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Time
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My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.

James Joyce

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James Joyce
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Araby Dubliners
Medium
Short story
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Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Joyce, James. “Araby.” Dubliners. Grant Richards Ltd., 1914.

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Joyce, James. “Araby.” Dubliners, edited by Terence Brown. Penguin Classics, 2014.