The spirit of the Bauhaus / [authors, Raphaèle Billé, Monique Blanc, Marie-Sophie Carron de la Carrière, Louise Curtis, Nicholas Fox Weber, Olivier Gabet, Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Mathieu Mercier, Anne Monier, Béatrice Quette] ; translated from the French by Ruth Sharman.

Contributor(s):

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780500021804
0500021805

Uniform titles:

Esprit du Bauhaus. English.

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

707.1143 23

LOC classification:

N332.G33 B443913 2018

Contents:

Anne Monier -- Theatre ; Architecture ; Photography ; The teaching of Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky / Louise Curtis -- Inside the Bauhaus -- Series production at the Bauhaus: ambition and reality / Raphaèle Billé -- The 1923 Bauhaus exhibition: four years of creativity / Anne Monier -- The Bauhaus in Dessau / Anne Monier and Louise Curtis -- Death and rebirth of the Bauhaus / Anne Monier -- Bauhaus: an ongoing legacy -- The spirit of the forms / Marie-Sophie Carron de la Carrière -- The Bauhaus, a potential continuation / Mathieu Mercier.

Summary: 'Architects, sculptors, painters, we all must return to the crafts!' declared architect Walter Gropius in his Bauhaus manifesto. Founded in 1919 as an art school in Weimar, the Bauhaus established itself as a major influence on twentieth-century art and design. Uncovering the sources of inspiration that brought the Bauhaus into existence, from medieval cathedrals of Europe and Hokusai prints to William Morris and Arts and Crafts, 'The Spirit of the Bauhaus' explores workshops and courses in detail, illustrating the extraordinary wealth of experimentation in every medium: ceramics, wood and metalwork, textiles, glass- painting, sculpture, mural, printing and binding, theater, architecture, and photography.

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Title notes ( 6 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	N332.G33 B443913 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001451359

This book was first published to acompany an exhibition of the same name held at the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, October 19, 2016-February 26, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Catherine Tsekenis -- Preface / Pierre-Alexis Dumas and Olivier Gabet -- Essays -- Not just lucky enough to know them but to eat with them / Nicholas Fox Weber -- Esotericism at the Bauhaus / Jean Louis Gaillemin -- Sources and influences -- The Bauhaus and the cathedral builders / Monique Blanc -- The influence of Asian Art / Béatrice Quette -- The object in question: decorative utopias before the Bauhaus / Olivier Gabet -- Workshops and teaching -- Creating, teaching, spreading the message: life at the Bauhaus / Anne Monier -- Ceramics / Louise Curtis -- Cabinet-making ; Metal ; Textiles ; Stained glass ; Sculpture / Raphaèle Billé -- Mural painting ; Printing, bookbinding, typography and advertising / Anne Monier -- Theatre ; Architecture ; Photography ; The teaching of Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky / Louise Curtis -- Inside the Bauhaus -- Series production at the Bauhaus: ambition and reality / Raphaèle Billé -- The 1923 Bauhaus exhibition: four years of creativity / Anne Monier -- The Bauhaus in Dessau / Anne Monier and Louise Curtis -- Death and rebirth of the Bauhaus / Anne Monier -- Bauhaus: an ongoing legacy -- The spirit of the forms / Marie-Sophie Carron de la Carrière -- The Bauhaus, a potential continuation / Mathieu Mercier.

'Architects, sculptors, painters, we all must return to the crafts!' declared architect Walter Gropius in his Bauhaus manifesto. Founded in 1919 as an art school in Weimar, the Bauhaus established itself as a major influence on twentieth-century art and design. Uncovering the sources of inspiration that brought the Bauhaus into existence, from medieval cathedrals of Europe and Hokusai prints to William Morris and Arts and Crafts, 'The Spirit of the Bauhaus' explores workshops and courses in detail, illustrating the extraordinary wealth of experimentation in every medium: ceramics, wood and metalwork, textiles, glass- painting, sculpture, mural, printing and binding, theater, architecture, and photography.

Translation of: L'esprit du Bauhaus.

Translated from French.