Object lessons : the Bauhaus and Harvard
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Object lessons : the Bauhaus and Harvard
Harvard Art Museums, c2021
- : hbk.
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"The publication of this book was occasioned by the 2019 exhibition The Bauhaus and Harvard, at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts"--T.p. verso
Includes index
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A fresh look at the influential pedagogy and practice pioneered by the Bauhaus
Founded by architect Walter Gropius (1883-1969) in 1919, the Bauhaus was the 20th century's most influential school of art, architecture, and design. After the school was shuttered under pressure from the Nazis in 1933, many Bauhaus artists brought their innovative practices and teaching methods to the United States. Gropius himself accepted a position at Harvard, where he would help establish a collection of Bauhaus material that has since grown to more than 30,000 objects-the largest such collection outside Germany. Harvard in turn became an unofficial center for the Bauhaus in America. Written by established and emerging voices in the field, the scholarship presented here expands on the special link between the two institutions, while highlighting understudied aspects of the Bauhaus, such as weaving, photography, and art made by women. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations-some of never-before-published objects-this book yields fascinating insights for Bauhaus devotees and design aficionados.
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