Product Description

Today, more than 85 years after its inception, the Bauhaus style still emanates vitality. As a school that strove to combine applied art with both the fine arts and technology, the Bauhaus movement has outlasted all other trends in architecture and design. The present volume provides insight into the historical, cultural, philosophical, political and pedagogical back ground of the 1930s, when the Bauhaus was founded. It also portrays the famous Bauhaus directors and teachers and describes their signature pedagogical methods. Finally, the authors take readers inside individual workshops, where they can discover for themselves the unique wealth of forms and ideas that remain the hallmark of Bauhaus products. Through its contributions to current discourse on the Bauhaus as a "fixed star of the avant-garde", its wealth of pictorial material (some of which has never before been published), as well as the rich variety of topics it addresses, this book offers a comprehensive look at one of the most significant institutions in the history of modern art and culture.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #260404 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 640 pages

About the Author
In this volume, art historian Jeannine Fiedler has gathered essays written by a scholarly team of experts in the fields of architecture and art history. The result is a collection of essays marked by competence and readability.

Customer Reviews

Indetail, heavy-weight book on the famous German Art School
Good value for money, hardcover book, which covers everything from The Early Years in Germany to later departures from members in America. Something for the hardcore fanatic & the inquisitive learner. The most influential Design School of the last Century, you'll find many of their ideas & ideals reflected in most of todays design. Some of the more famous personalities looked at include Johannes Itten, Van der Rohn, Klee, Albers, Schlemmer with a chapter included on theory, preparatory teaching, workshops & daily life. Behind the scenes photography & images help to present you with a very visual understanding of members development & ideas. A must buy for designers, artists & creatives, to polish off your grass roots understanding of modernism.