Title & Author:

Bauhaus : art as life / [curators: Catherine Ince, Lydia Yee ; catalog texts Juliette Desorgues and others].

Publication:

London : Koenig Books : in association with Barbican Art Gallery ; New York : Distribution, US and Canada D.A.P/Distributed Art Publishers, 2012, ©2012.

Description:

287 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles (some color), plans, portraits ; 31 cm

Notes:
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Barbican Art Gallery, London, May 3- Aug. 12, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references.
New beginnings. Programme of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar / Walter Gropius ; Between revolution and reform : the Bauhaus in context, 1919-23 / Kathleen James Chakraborty -- A return to the crafts. The Bauhaus in Weimar : a school of creativity and invention / Michael Siebenbrodt ; Diary entry, Bauhaus, Weimar / Gunta Stölzl ; The fundamental elements of form / Wassily Kandinsky -- Salute to the square. On the planned Bauhaus week / Gerhard Marcks ; Reinventing the Bauhaus : the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition as a turning point in the direction of the school / Éva Forgács ; Breviary for Bauhaus members / Walter Gropius -- Instruments of communication. Spread the word : Bauhaus instruments of communication / Catherine Ince ; Staatliche Bauhaus report on the economic outlook of the Bauhaus / Walter Gropius and D.R. Necker ; An invitation to join the 'Circle of Friends of the Bauhaus' / Governing Board -- Young people come to the Bauhaus! The Bauhaus at home in Dessau / Philipp Oswalt ; Come to the Bauhaus Dessau / Author unknown ; Art as lifestyle : Theodore Lux Feininger's photographs of the Bauhauslers / Philip Ursprung -- Our play, our party, our work. 'Square & flower: a new unity' : Bauhaus celebrations and Bauhaus gifts / Klaus Weber ; Our play, our party, our work / Johannes Itten ; 'Something metallic' : Bauhaus celebration / Author unknown ; In the Bauhaus kitchen / Nicholas Fox Weber -- Stage, space, architecture. The stage and the Bauhaus / Oskar Schlemmer ; Bauhaus Lighthouse : der Bau als Bühne, das Bühne als Bau / Melissa Trimingham -- Designing the modern world. New masters and workshops in Dessau / Torsten Blume ; Metal furniture and modern spatiality / Marcel Breuer ; Ten years of Bauhaus / Ernst Kállai ; Female careers at the Bauhaus / Anja Baumhoff -- The new vision. Unprecedented photography / László Moholy-Nagy ; Document, experiment, advertisement : photography at the Bauhaus / Lydia Yee -- The final months of the Bauhaus. Three paths of Bauhaus modernism : Walter Gropius, Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Wolfgang Thöner ; Announcement to the students of the dissolution of the Bauhaus / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Summary:

The biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK in over 40 years presents the modern world's most famous art & crafts school. From expressionist beginnings to a pioneering model uniting art and technology, this London exhibition presents the Bauhaus' utopian vision to change society in the aftermath of the First World War. "Bauhaus: Art as Life" explores the diverse artistic production that made up its turbulent fourteen-year history and delves into the subjects at the heart of the school: art, culture, life, politics and society, and the changing technology of the age. "Bauhaus: Art as Life" features a rich array of painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles, ceramics, theatre and installation. Exemplar works from such Bauhaus Masters as Josef and Anni Albers, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Hannes Meyer, László Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Gunta Stölzl, will be presented alongside works by lesser-known Bauhaus artists and students.--Koenig Books.

ISBN:

3863351630
9783863351632

Subject:

Bauhaus Exhibitions.
Bauhaus
Art, German 20th century Exhibitions.
Art allemand 20e siècle Expositions.
Art and Design.
Art, German

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Ince, Catherine.
Yee, Lydia.
Desorgues, Juliette.
Barbican Art Gallery.

Art as life

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279527
Call No.: BIB 215567
Status: Available