Bauhaus
Title:
Bauhaus
Author:
Whitford, Frank.
ISBN:
9780500201930
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Publication Information:
London : Thames and Hudson, ©1984.
Physical Description:
216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Series:
World of art
World of art.
Contents:
Aims and ambitions -- Art, crafts, architecture and the academies -- Art education reformed -- The founder -- Problems -- The first appointments -- The students -- Achievements -- New arrivals -- The basic course : colour and form -- Going dutch -- Towards a new unity : moholy-nagy and albers -- The public face -- Dessau -- Young masters -- A new director -- The bitter end -- Judgments.
Abstract:
A study of the Bauhaus school of art and design, founded in Germany in 1919, discussing the ideas behind its conception, its teaching methods, the activities of its teachers and practitioners, and the daily lives of the students. Includes over 150 illustrations.
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