Marcel Breuer

• Z Marcel The “TIME” magazine in 1956 defined Breuer as one of those great designers and architects that have “moulded the 20th century”. As a designer, with his tubular steel furniture, he has written the history of design: his “Wassily” chair, in fact, has became an icon of modern living. As an architect he has been one of the most innovative and interesting ones of his time, but, unfortunately, this role has not been so often recognized in him by the historians.  M. Breuer belongs to a generation

The Bauhaus Movement The first decades of the 20th century in modernism was characterised by enormous social and political changes with a radically changing lifestyle. Technology, manufacturing, science and art was the driving force. The Bauhaus movement was one of the most influential modern design movements of the 20th century reaching its peak between the two world wars. It was founded in 1919 in the city of Weimar in Germany by architect Walter Gropius. Although the Bauhaus was founded by an

The Whitney Museum of American Art has often been referred to a citadel of American Art, partially due to the museums façade, a striking granite building (Figure 1), designed by Bauhaus trained architect Marcel Breuer. The museum perpetuates this reference through its biennial review of contemporary American Art, which the Whitney has become most famous for. The biennial has become since its inception a measure of the state of contemporary art in America today. Since the Museum's opening in 1931

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.

So much more can be conveyed in artwork when a finite canvas doesn’t imprison an artist. Pushing the boundaries of artwork from previous time periods allows new artists and graphic designers to experiment with, challenge, and/or destroy the rules of graphic design. This allowed for designs that truly challenge the audience, as well as other designers. Take for example the grunge artwork of David Carson who broke most compositional and legibility rules of graphic design – his style can be summarized

For a moment, let’s consider the changing American Landscape. In order to accomplish this, we have to look at how our landscape has changed both naturally and culturally over time. When describing our current landscape we use words such as urban jungle, the other side of the tracks, mountain folks, lowlands, diverse and high society, but can you image being described as “gentle and primitive.” (Redd, 2012) One can begin discussing this topic by going all the way back to when “The Clovis People”

Sigmund Freud established and originated the psychoanalysis with the emphasis on helping the patients of neurotic illnesses. Freud formulated his method through Joseph Breuer’s hypnotic method that is the free association. He revolutionalized the ideas of how the human mind works; He challenged the long-standing identification of the self with the conscious thinking subject. Freud established the theory of the unconscious. This becomes a controversial one that is comparable to the Copernican revolution

The Untouchables Assignment This video mirrored Conflict theories in several ways. I saw a few prime examples pertaining exactly to what their theory stands for. The first being that the cause of crime deviates from the failure of our collective society’s ability to offer the same opportunity for everyone. Meaning that crime happens because our laws and policies have been created to enable the rich and powerful while keeping the regular citizens from achieving the same opportunities and financial

Jane's Psychological Problems in Charlotte Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" In Charlotte Gilman’s short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," Jane, the main character, is a good example of Sigmund Freud’s Studies In Hysteria. Jane suffers from symptoms such as story making and daydreaming. Jane has a nervous weakness throughout the story. Jane is a victim of a nervous disorder of the brain called hysteria. She is aware that she suffers from a series of mental and physical disturbances. She says

Jean Sibelius born as Johan Christian Julius Sibelius on December 8, 1865 in a small Russian town in Finland. Sibelius began to take his interest in music serious when he became a teenager. At the age of 20, he decided to pave his way in the music industry by declaring it as a career. He was positive that this was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Then, he enrolled in a music school to fulfill this dream. The school was later named Sibelius Academy in his honor. Sibelius began to work