Bauhaus

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BAUHAUS

“One of the first colleges of design.”

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BEGINNING

Founded in Weimar in 1919;

One of the first colleges of design;

Was an innovative training centre;

Place of production and a focus of international debate;

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Walter Gropius

(1883-1969)

Founder of the German design school Bauhaus;

Influenced by the ideas of William Morris;

architect and educator;

director of the Bauhaus (1919–28);

was condemned as "architectural socialism“;

to move to Dessau where it was housed in a building designed by Gropius.

Walter Adolph Gropius

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TIME PERIOD

Cities:Cities: Architect- directors:Architect- directors:

Weimar from 1919 to 1925 Dessaufrom 1925 to 1932 Berlinfrom 1932 to 1933

Gropiusfrom 1919 to 1927 Hannes Meyerfrom 1927 to 1930 L. Mies van der Rohefrom 1930 to 1933

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Gropius calls for a

reform in artistic process

Art should be led back to its fundament and prerequisite in handcraft, where it is possible to learn how to handle materials.

The program is based on workshop courses.

CHARACTERISTICS

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CHARACTERISTICS

Underlying the Bauhaus aesthetic was a fervent utopianism, based upon ideals of simplified forms and unadorned functionalism.

The idea of a civilizated sociality, and democratics without hierarquical degrees.

Effective contact with the urban and industrial modern society.

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MAIN ARTISTS

It brought together a number of the most outstanding contemporary architects and artists.

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MAIN ARTISTS: Walter Gropius (1883-1969)

He was born in Berlin, Germany in 1883;

He studied architecture in Munich;

was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century;

When the Nazis came to power in 1933 Gropius moved to England before emigrating to the United States in 1937;

He was professor of architecture at Harvard University (1938-52)

Walter Adolph Gropius

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MAIN ARTISTS: Walter Gropius

Fagus Industry Project in Alfred (1911)

“Masters Houses Bauhaus” (1925-1926)

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German architect;

as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture;

sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times;

In the early 1930s, served briefly as the last Director of the faltering Bauhaus.

MAIN ARTISTS: Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969)

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MAIN ARTISTS: Mies van der Rohe

German Pavillion in Barcelona mundial festival (1929)

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Russian, born in Moscoso;

First draw and music classes, them graduate at law and economics University – Moscou;

1922 - moved to Weimar;

The outstanding characteristic of Composition X is obviously the stark, black ground. The colors and forms appear particularly sharp against background;

Developed the abstract art.

MAIN ARTISTS: Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944)1866 – 1944)

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MAIN ARTISTS: Wassily Kandinsky

Composition X – 1939

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MAIN ARTISTS: Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)

Was a Swiss painter of German nationality;

He was influenced by many different art styles in his work, including expressionism, cubism, and surrealism;

were also famous for teaching at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture.

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MAIN ARTISTS: Paul Klee

Cat and Bird, 1928 Intention, 1938

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Clarice Copstein and Gabriela Steigleder

April, 2008