Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 026223033X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 700 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)
The illustrations include architectural plans and realizations, craft and industrial model designs (furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, stained glass, typography, wallpaper), sculpture, paintings, drawings, etchings, woodcuts, posters, programs, advertising brochures, stage settings, and formal portraits of such Bauhaus masters as Walter Gropius, Lyonel Feininger, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, László Moholy-Nagy, Josef Albers, Hebert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.. Now this definitive work on Bauhaus is available again in a boxed hardcover edition.Documents in Bauhaus are taken from a wide array of sources -- public manifestos, private letters, internal memoranda, jotted-down conversations, minutes of board and faculty meetings, sketches and schemata, excerpts from speeches and books, newspaper and magazine articles, Nazi polemics, official German government documents, court proceedings, budgets, and curricula. Bauhaus has established itself with designers and architects as a standard wo
"design and art in B&W" according to joe designer. A great deal of information, focused on individuals and their contributions to the Bauhaus. ALL pages are in black and white, which is always a great disappointment when reading about art, design or architecture. Considering this production shortcoming, the book is overpriced. Its written content, very useful and thorough.. GP said The definitive tome on the Bauhaus and a work of art in itself. The Bauhaus was the defining birthplace of modernism, and one that continues to influence artistic and aesthetic direction today.This volume is comprehensive, and is in itselt, as an object that reflects Bauhaus sensibility - a reflection of the movement.I have been seeking a copy off an on for over The definitive tome on the Bauhaus and a work of art in itself The Bauhaus was the defining birthplace of modernism, and one that continues to influence artistic and aesthetic direction today.This volume is comprehensive, and is in itselt, as an object that reflects Bauhaus sensibility - a reflection of the movement.I have been seeking a copy off an on for over 30 years but they are hard to come by - I have only seen one or two (hardcover) ones for sale in that time. The copy I have purchased is second ha. 0 years but they are hard to come by - I have only seen one or two (hardcover) ones for sale in that time. The copy I have purchased is second ha. Five Stars nerd Great book. Happy as can be
Hans Wingler (1920--1984) was a German art historian and founder of the Bauhaus Archive/Museum of Design.