The Bauhaus idea and Bauhaus politics

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The Bauhaus idea and Bauhaus politics

Éva Forgács ; translated by John Bátki

Central European University Press, 1995

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  • : pbk

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Bauhaus

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Translated from the Hungarian J. Bátki

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-230) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781858660127

Description

Forgacs examines the development of the Bauhaus school of architecture and applied design by focusing on the idea of the Bauhaus, rather than on its artefacts. What gave this idea its extraordinary powers of survival? Founded in 1919, with the architect Walter Gropius as its first director, the Bauhaus carried within it the seeds of conflict from the start. The duration of the Bauhaus coincides very nearly with that of the Weimar Republic; the Bauhaus idea - the notion that the artist should be involved in the technological innovations of mechanization and mass production - is a concept that was bound to arouse the most passionate feelings. It is these two strands - personal and political - that Forgacs so cleverly interweaves. The text has been extensively revised since its original publication in Hungarian, and an entirely new chapter has been added on the Bauhaus's Russian analogue, VkhUTEMAS, the Moscow academy of industrial art.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations Picture credits Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Beauty of Progress Chapter 2. Time out of Joint Chapter 3. 'We Shall Draw Grand Designs Chapter 4. First Steps Chapter 5. Weimar Chapter 6. Breathing Exercises Chapter 7. Time 'PEOPLE CRITICIZE THE CAUSE THEY ESPOUSE' THE VAN DOESBURG EPISODE Chapter 8. New Faces Chapter 9. If We Intend to Survive Chapter 10. The New Unity Chapter 11. Man at the Control Panel Chapter 12. The Part Versus the Whole Chapter 13. Why did Gropius Leave? Chapter 14. Hannes Meyer Chapter 15. Parallel Fates? Weimar, Dessau and Moscow Chapter 16. Endgame Epilogue: Liberalism's Utopia Bibliography I BAUHAUS PUBLICATIONS Bauhaus Books Series II PRIMARY SOURCES III SECONDARY SOURCES Index
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781858660134

Description

Hungarian art historian Eva Forgacs examines the development of the Bauhaus School of architecture and applied design by focusing on the idea of the Bauhaus, rather than its artefacts. She reinterprets that idea in the light of the antagonisms marring the first year of the German Republic.

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  • NCID
    BA25112664
  • ISBN
    • 1858660130
    • 1858660122
  • Country Code
    hu
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    hun
  • Place of Publication
    Budapest
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 237 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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