Title: The Bauhaus : masters & students by themselves /
Authors: Whitford, Frank.; Engelhardt, Julia.
Publisher: Overlook Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Bauhaus.
Abstract: Extracts from the writings of all of the seminal figures of the Bauhaus movement combine with illustrations to demonstrate the ideas and images concerning questions of good design and the effects that buildings have on the people who live and work in them.
Contents: The Prehistory of the Bauhaus. Beauty and function. The Dawn of Change in Art Education. Weimar: The Art Academy and the School of Arts and Crafts. Walter Gropius the Architect. The Appointment of Gropius to Weimar -- The First Years: Weimar, 1919-25. The Bauhaus Manifesto. First Impressions. Against the Odds. Gropius as Director. The Preliminary Course. Itten the Mystic. The Elementary Courses: Form and Colour. The Workshops. The Sommerfeld House. The Students. Bauhaus Parties. Van Doesburg in Weimar. The Question of Architecture. Changing Direction. The Bauhaus Week. The Haus am Horn. Moholy-Nagy. The Preliminary Course under Moholy-Nagy. The Metal Workshop under Moholy-Nagy. The Other Workshops after the Change in Direction. The Cry for Architecture. New Interests -- Photography, Typography. From the Outset: Attacks from the Right. Departure from Weimar -- The Second Phase: Dessau, 1925-32. The New Buildings, Dessau. Gropius: Principles of Bauhaus Production. A New Spirit ...