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The B Auhaus: The History of Bauhaus
The B Auhaus: The History of Bauhaus
The Bauhaus began with an utopian definition: "The building of the future" was to
combine all the arts in ideal unity.This required a new type of artist beyond academic
specialisation, for whom the Bauhaus would offer adequate education.
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HARTWIG
PHOTO OF A DEPARTMENT
STORE BY EDUARD LUDWIG
BASIC COURSES IN BAUHAUS
SCHOOL
A RT & GR A P H I C D E S I G N
Design for the Multimedia Trade Fair
Stand of a Toothpaste Producer by
Herbert Bayer
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PHOTO: Hartwig Klappert, 2008
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Prof. Dr. Barry Bergdoll, an art
Cradle
historian, is a professor at Colum-
bia University and Chief Curator
for Architecture and Design at the
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Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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The Bauhaus was the first model of the
mere
modern art school. The Bauhaus
ake
curriculum combined theoretic
au-
education and practical training in the
educational workshops. It drew
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inspiration from the ideals of the
revolutionary art movements and
orm design experiments of the early 20th
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Komposition by Wassily Kandinsky
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ARC HITE C TUR E I N B AU H AU S
THE BAUHAUS STYLE WAS MARKED BY THE ABSENCE
OF ORNAMENTATION AND BY HARMONY BETWEEN THE
FUNCTION OF A BUILDING AND ITS DESIGN.
1. FUNCTIONALISM
2. MINIMUM-DWELLING
S EL F PO RTRAIT BY
HERBERT B AYER
L EAF L ET DESIG N BY
L A S Z L O M O H O LY- N AG Y
A CURRENT C O SMETIC
S HO P US ING B AUHAUS
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Chairs at Margate 1935 TYPOG RAPHY
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Ch
airs at Margate 1935