The Bauhaus : Art Education By Influencing Graphic, Interior, And Typography Design

Bauhaus reformed design culture by presenting a cross-disciplinary curriculum and incorporated the juncture of modernization and vision. The Bauhaus movement arose in 1919 when Walter Gropius established a school with a concept of bridging the gap amongst art and industry by joining crafts and fine arts. Preceding the Bauhaus movement, fine arts like architecture and design were viewed in more regard than craftsmanship, but Gropius stressed that all trades, involving art, architecture and geometric design, could be jointed and manufactured. The Bauhaus movement stresses “truth to materials” as the main idea, which means that material ought to be used in its most suitable and “honest” form, and its nature mustn’t be changed. While Bauhaus has influences in art, commerce and technology, it has been most instrumental in modern-day furniture design. Overall, the Bauhaus movement bridged the gap amid art, industry, design and functionality.

The Bauhaus was established in Weimar in 1919, with the architect Walter Gropius as its founder and first director (Harrison and Wood 1993, p. 338). The school was founded on Gropius’s principle of the importance of combining and unifying all the artistic and technical realms; a separation, which had been to the detriment of existing art schooling (Girard 2003, p. 6-­‐7). Gropius wanted to combine art and technology or “culture and civilisation” (Droste 2012, p. 15). The Bauhaus consisted of workshops with two distinct instructors, a “craft master” who was a

Through the close examination of Speer as an individual within the Nazi state, it is important to distinguish his architectural career into two distinct sections; pre-GBI and GBI. Through analysing Speer’s actions through these respective lenses, historians are equipped to make an informed historical judgement on Speer and his specific roles within the confines of the Nazi political hierarchy. Speer, through his early architectural role in the party, from 1931 to 1937, was able to demonstrate his aptitude for architecture and design. It is important to note that during the years 1931 to 1933, Hitler was not as influential as he became during his appointed time as Reich chancellor, as such, Speer’s role within the party at this point remains

The Bauhaus movement began shortly after the world war 1 in 1919 to re imagine the materialistic good to reflect how we perceive art works. It was a movement initiated by a German architect named Walter Groupius.The Bauhaus movement embraced and emphasized on the simplicity and the basis of a design. (Griffith 2007) The idea behind the movement was to design and manufacture beautiful and practical products using simple and economical techniques. The ideology of the school was not only to reflect society but improve it by combining simplistic beauty with productivity. (Naylor 1968) The Bauhaus implied form follows function which is created by a cross platform of functional craftsmanship in every field whilst experimenting and using different materials.

Heskett was consider Bauhaus have enormous educational significance; there art education impact the entire world. Bauhaus appears to have been less important than the members and followers believed to be. Their idea is powerful and their influence is greater than practical achievements. The Bauhaus product made great contribution to design of the future.

Arnason and Mansfield (2012) explore another German expressionist movement known as “Der Blaue Reiter” or The Blue Rider. While The Bridge were the first manifestation of expressionism in Germany they were not the most significant. This belonged to Der Blaue Reiter. Led by one of the great personalities of moden art, Vasily Kandinsky. (p.l.) Vasily Kandinsky was another artist eventually got seized by the Nazi’s in the seizing party of 16,000 pieces of art. Arnason and Mansfield (2012) explain more about Kandinsky. One of the signature things that Kandinsky did was explore a revolutionary idea about non-objective or abstract painting. That means painting without literal subject matter. A painting that does not take its form from the observed world. In 1914 World War I forced Kandinsky to return to Russia, and shortly afterwards a new phase of his career began. This was not unusual for art in the time period of World War I. Looking at the art style of Der Blaue Reiter up to the year 1914, We can see that the individuals involved were not held together by common stylistic principles but rather constituted a loose association of young artist who were enthusiastic about new experiments an united in their oppositions. Besides the personal friendships, Kandinsky was the one who gave the group cohesion and

Dada emerged after World War I (Tate Museum n.d.). The anti-art movement was founded in Zurich, Switzerland where Dada was birthed for artistic and political purposes. Events at the cabaret proved pivotal in the founding of the art movement known as Dada. Questions about social structure, politics, values and culture were brought to light after the war (Gavroche 2017). Dada was an expression of the new perspective of the modern world. This essay will explore the effect that Dada had in Zürich, Switzerland after World War I and its significance in a time of healing and comprehending the damage the war had left. Firstly, the beginnings of Dada in Zurich will be investigated and how the movement came to be. Secondly, the importance of Dada during considerable changes in society will be discussed and how it gave way for people to question and challenge ideas. The influence of the founder of Dada, Hugo Ball will be discussed and how his inisitive had influence on later artistic movements. The legacy of Dada will be explored through an analysis of Dada pioneer, Marcel Duchamp and his readymades. And conclusively, the influence of Dada on 21st century art will be explored.

Art Nouveau as an artistic style had a short lifespan, when compared to other movements. Although it spread far and wide in the thirty years it held sway, changing attitudes and the beginnings of World War I began the end of the Art Nouveau era. In a period of warfare and scarce resources, the stylized forms made popular in everything from architecture to posters to silverware became too expensive to produce. The flowing, organic lines and ornamentation of the movement began to become more streamlined, leading to the development of the more modern, industrialized stylings of Art Deco. The emphasis became less on decoration, and more on making functionality equal to decoration. Ornamentation became less important, as artists began to focus more on well designed, beautifully formed pieces over more ornamental pieces. The emphasis was, once again, more on material and function combining to create beauty, rather than beauty being added to what was standard pieces. This continued thought- that fine and applied arts, artists and designers, could work together to improve not only art, but society itself, was a very Art Nouveau thought, that eventually led to the birth of the Bauhaus movement and the creation of art education as society knows it today.

Étienne-Louis Boullée wanted to be a painter and ended up studying architecture at Jacques-François Blondel’s school, owing to parental pressure. His book contains the key to the understanding of architecture drawing, namely Newton's cenotaph.

The Bauhaus has a facade of windows that represent the transparency of the design, the modern aspects of the open design, and indicate the honesty of the building and its materials (Sveiven). The building rejects superfluous aesthetic designs that cloak the building with ambiguity. The result is a very straightforward and honest presentation. The plan of the Bauhaus resembles a pinwheel-like configuration, three L-geometries connected at the center by the void with the spanning bridge.

The Bauhaus (Which pretty much translates to (the Art of Building) was an art school that was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. This took place just as World War 1 came to an abrupt ending in Germany.

A reflection of the International Style and the Bauhaus movement, Mid-Century architecture was typically used residentially in the hope of bringing Modernism into the post-war suburbs.

The Bauhaus school was founded in 1919 in Weimar by German architect Walter Gropius (1883 - 1969). In 1923, Walter Gropius introduced the agreement between “creative artists and the industrial world”. The Bauhaus is most famous for the idea of combining forms and functions. They combined both fine arts and design elements to create a curriculum that trained artists and designers to be capable of producing both functional and aesthetic work. One of the main goals was to bring design and technology together. During the Bauhaus period, Fine art and craft were combined together and aimed toward problem solving for an innovative, modern and industrial society. Nowadays, the Bauhaus legacy continues in modern designs, such as minimalism, or design brands like IKEA. In this essay, I will analyze Bauhaus’s influence on modern design, including architecture and furniture design by exploring different examples from different periods of time.

The Bauhaus born in Germany, in 1919. “Its core objective was a radical concept: to reimagine the material world to reflect the unity of all the arts” (The Bauhaus 2007) Winton view on the Bauhaus aim. The aims of the Bauhaus from 1923 were to solve the problems of industrialisation and to educate young designers to provide solutions. These designers were taught how to design for mass production and to create a new design language. Characteristics of the Bauhaus were focus on function and machine aesthetic. Machine Aesthetics such as form follows function, simple clean, rational, and etc. Marcel Breuer joined the Bauhaus in 1920 for 4 years. Gatje says “His reputation was based upon his invention of tubular steel furniture, one big residence, two apartment houses, some shop interiors and several competition entries”(). While staying in England Breuer designed the Long Chair in 1935. The chair will be my focus; it’s made from laminated birch wood.

The Bauhaus was created by Walter Gropius in the city of Weimar. He was a German architect