The Bauhaus
Subtitle: 1919-1933 : reform and avant-garde
By: Magdalena Droste
Contributors: Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9783836560146
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: German Art; Art; Exhibitions; Study and teaching; Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Bauhaus; History
Notes: Original edition 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

Translated from the German.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Three directors; title: Walter Gropius and his path to the Bauhaus; title: The roots of artistic radicalism; title: The Bauhaus manifesto, 1919; title: The preliminary course; title: Apprenticeship and diploma; title: The workshops; title: Form training, craft training; title: Masters and young masters; title: Women, men, couples; title: From Expressionism to Constructivism; title: Theories of design; title: Ideas for housing construction; title: The director's office in Weimar, 1924; title: The Bauhaus building in Dessau, 1925-1926; title: The Masters' houses in Dessau, 1925-1926; title: The housing estate in Dessau-Törten, 1926-1928; title: New residential architecture; title: Reform and avant-garde under Gropius; title: Hannes Meyer, director, 1928-1930; title: Changes among the masters; title: Scientific design; title: The goal of standard products; title: The Trade Union School in Bernau, 1928-1930; title: Providing for the people, not catering to luxury; title: Meyer's dismissal, 1930; title: Mies van der Rohe, director, 1930-1933; title: Political tensions; title: New structures; title: Architectural training under Mies van der Rohe; title: Reform and avant-garde under Mies van der Rohe; title: The Nazi campaign against the Bauhaus; title: Epilogue : The Bauhaus legend.