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The Bauhaus, 1919-1933 : reform and Avant-Garde /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Droste, Magdalena
Corporate Author: Bauhaus
Other Authors: Gössel, Peter, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Köln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, [2006]
Subjects:
Bauhaus > History > Exhibitions.
Art, German > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art > Study and teaching > Germany > Exhibitions.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > Germany > Exhibitions.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Three directors
  • Walter Gropius and his path to the Bauhaus
  • The roots of artistic radicalism
  • The Bauhaus manifesto, 1919
  • The preliminary course
  • Apprenticeship and diploma
  • The workshops
  • Form training, craft training
  • Masters and young masters
  • Women, men, couples
  • From Expressionism to Constructivism
  • Theories of design
  • Ideas for housing construction
  • The director's office in Weimar, 1924
  • The Bauhaus building in Dessau, 1925-1926
  • The Masters' houses in Dessau, 1925-1926
  • The housing estate in Dessau-Törten, 1926-1928
  • New residential architecture
  • Reform and avant-garde under Gropius
  • Hannes Meyer, director, 1928-1930
  • Changes among the masters
  • Scientific design
  • The goal of standard products
  • The Trade Union School in Bernau, 1928-1930
  • Providing for the people, not catering to luxury
  • Meyer's dismissal, 1930
  • Mies van der Rohe, director, 1930-1933
  • Political tensions
  • New structures
  • Architectural training under Mies van der Rohe
  • Reform and avant-garde under Mies van der Rohe
  • The Nazi campaign against the Bauhaus
  • Epilogue: The Bauhaus legend.