In the beginning of XX century brought up the most influential art schools like the
Bauhaus and VVKhUTEMAS. The both schools played a leading role in the history of
art and and had the main influence on the development of architecture and art at all.
The Bauhaus and VKhUTEMAS had a huge connection and communication between
each other and especially because of that they had almost the same ideologies,
nevertheless, they also had a range of differences. They wanted to make people’s life
easier and more comfortable.
This essay explores through the histories and ideologies of the Bauhaus and
VKhUTEMAS and contrast in some aspects of their existence.
The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in the city of Weimar by German …show more content…
Almost all works of students from VKhUTEMAS completely disappeared or
were destroyed.
Bauhaus and VKhUTEMAS had a range of similarities. They had a connection and
communicated with each other, even exchanged teachers, for example Walter Gropius
taught in both schools. Also, the curriculum of VKhUTEMAS was similar to that of the
Bauhaus. Another common feature in the fate of both the Bauhaus and VKhUTEMAS
was that no matter how readily they integrated themselves into society, the owner of
the totalitarian state intervened to put them out of business.
The Bauhaus came into existence in a defeated country, expecting a revolution,
whose hopes were not yet quite dashed. The school faced violent antipathy and
resistance in its immediate environment, forcing it to be on the defensive during its
entire history. As opposed to this, VKhUTEMAS was the brainchild of a victorious
revolution, it was the Avant-Garde elevated to the status of official art, consecrated by
the signatures of Lenin and Lunacharsky. The Bauhaus remained in the perennial
position of art as opposition. Gropius had even defined this:’The most important thing
Bauhaus and VVKhUTEMAS. The both schools played a leading role in the history of
art and and had the main influence on the development of architecture and art at all.
The Bauhaus and VKhUTEMAS had a huge connection and communication between
each other and especially because of that they had almost the same ideologies,
nevertheless, they also had a range of differences. They wanted to make people’s life
easier and more comfortable.
This essay explores through the histories and ideologies of the Bauhaus and
VKhUTEMAS and contrast in some aspects of their existence.
The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in the city of Weimar by German …show more content…
Almost all works of students from VKhUTEMAS completely disappeared or
were destroyed.
Bauhaus and VKhUTEMAS had a range of similarities. They had a connection and
communicated with each other, even exchanged teachers, for example Walter Gropius
taught in both schools. Also, the curriculum of VKhUTEMAS was similar to that of the
Bauhaus. Another common feature in the fate of both the Bauhaus and VKhUTEMAS
was that no matter how readily they integrated themselves into society, the owner of
the totalitarian state intervened to put them out of business.
The Bauhaus came into existence in a defeated country, expecting a revolution,
whose hopes were not yet quite dashed. The school faced violent antipathy and
resistance in its immediate environment, forcing it to be on the defensive during its
entire history. As opposed to this, VKhUTEMAS was the brainchild of a victorious
revolution, it was the Avant-Garde elevated to the status of official art, consecrated by
the signatures of Lenin and Lunacharsky. The Bauhaus remained in the perennial
position of art as opposition. Gropius had even defined this:’The most important thing