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The Bauhaus movement (meaning the "house of building") developed in three German cities - it began in Weimar between 1919 and 1925, then continued in Dessau, from 1925 to 1932, and finally ended in 1932-1933 in Berlin. Three leaders presided over the growth of the movement: Walter Gropius, from 1919 to 1928, Hannes Meyer, from 1928 to 1930, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, from 1930 to 1933. Founded by Gropius in the rather conservative city of Weimar, the new capital of Germany, which had just been defeated by the other European nations in the First World War, the movement became a flamboyant response to this humiliation. Combining new styles in architecture, design, and painting, the Bauhaus aspired to be an expression of a generational utopia, striving to free artists facing a society that remained conservative in spite of the revolutionary efforts of the post-war period.
Using the most modern materials, the Bauhaus was born out of the precepts of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement, introducing new forms, inspired by the most ordinary of objects, into everyday life. The shuttering of the center in Berlin by the Nazis in 1933 did not put an end to the movement, since many of its members chose the path of exile and established themselves in the United States. Although they all went in different directions artistically, their work shared the same origin. The most influential among the Bauhaus artists were Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Lyonel Feininger, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandisky, and Lothar Schreyer. Through a series of beautiful reproductions, this work provides an overview of the Bauhaus era, including the history, influence, and major figures of this revolutionary movement, which turned everyday life into art.
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Length8 hrs 28 mins
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Publish dateMay 8, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Michael Siebenbrodt &
2IT-28824 Oggebbio (VB)
3Meisterhäuser Dessau
4The Workshops
5Preface
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6Ruskin, Olbrich and Others
7De Stijl, Blauer Reiter (Blue Rider) and Der Sturm
8The Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar (1919 to 1925)
9Between Vision and Reality: The 1919 to 1920 Construction Phase
10the
11Walter Gropius, Manifesto and programme for the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar, 1919
12Karl Peter Röhl, The first Bauhaus seal, "Matchstick Star Man", 1919
13“Art and Technology–A New Unity” and Bauhaus Exhibition
14Portrait of Walter Gropius, 1928, photograph by Hugo Erfurt
15Herbert Bayer, Bills from the emergency currency of the Thuringia region, 1923
16for Design
17Herbert Bayer, Bauhaus promotional brochure, 1927
18The Bauhaus Becomes an Academy
19Laboratories for Industry – Workshop Work
20Planning and Building
21Hannes Meyer, Bauhaus Dessau, Model of the organisation, 1930
22Portrait of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, c. 1931
23Iwao Yamawaki, The Attack on the Bauhaus, collage, 1932
24Bauhaus Berlin: Free Education and Research Institute (1932-1933)
25The Closure of the Bauhaus in Berlin
26The Preparatory Course
27their own work.
28atmosphere beneficial to original work emerge. The work
29aids such as knife, scissors and glue, even better. Have fun.”
30Anonymous, Texture study from the preliminary course with Johannes Itten, collage, 1919
31Vincent Weber, Study of matter (2), 1920/21
32aeroplanes, animals and various cleverly thought-out
33for aesthetic
34Erich Mende, Still Life, study from the course with Wassily Kandinsky, 1928
35Gertrud Arndt, Logical layering, study from the course with Paul Klee, 1923/24
36Magda Langenstraß-Uhlig, Chromatic Triangle, study from the course with Paul Klee, 1925
37Oskar Schlemmer’s Course
38Joost Schmidt’s Course
39The Workshops Pottery Workshop
40Theodor Bogler/Gerhard Marcks, Double-spouted pot, 1922
41Theodor Bogler, Two combination teapots (L 6), 1923
42Otto Lindig, Two coffee pots in earthenware and porcelain (L 19), 1923
43Bookbinding
44Otto Dorfner, Rainer Maria Rilke, Das Marienleben, book cover, 1920
45Stained Glass Painting Workshop
46Johannes Itten, Tower of Fire, 1920 (Reconstruction by Michael Siebenbrodt, 1996)
47Josef Albers, Grate, 1922
48Graphic Print Shop
49The printing studio in the Bauhaus Weimar, c. 1923, photograph
50Wassily Kandinsky, Plate 1 from the portfolio Small Worlds, colour lithograph, 1922