Art Schools in Germany - Bauhaus, Art School, St Delschule, Weimar Princely Free Zeichenschule, Kunstakademie D Sseldorf (Paperback)

Chapters: Bauhaus, Art School, St delschule, Weimar Princely Free Zeichenschule, Kunstakademie D sseldorf, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Folkwang University, Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School, University of the Arts Bremen, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Berlin University of the Arts, Akademie Der K nste, Ulm School of Design, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 91. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: ), was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. The term ) is German for ("House of Building" or "Building School"). The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. In spite of its name, and the fact that its founder was an architect, the Bauhaus did not have an architecture department during the first years of its existence. Nonetheless it was founded with the idea of creating a 'total' work of art in which all arts, including architecture would eventually be brought together. The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design. The Bauhaus had a profound influence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography. The school existed in three German cities (Weimar from 1919 to 1925, Dessau from 1925 to 1932 and Berlin from 1932 to 1933), under three different architect-directors: Walter Gropius from 1919 to 1928, Hannes Meyer from 1928 to 1930 and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe from 1930 until 1933, when the school was closed by its own leadership under pressure from the Nazi regime. The changes of venue and leadershi...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3832