Walter Gropius German Architect and founder of the Bauhaus School in Weimer.Also responsible for creating the Bauhaus manifesto in 1919“which stated the ultimate aim of all visual arts is the complete building! To embellish buildings was once the noblest function of the fine arts; they were the indispensable components of great architecture…” (Add ref ) . The Bauhaus existed from 1919 to 1933, the Bauhaus was a combination of crafts and arts, its nature and concept during regarded as something completely new. “Theory of form over function, the school emphasized a strong understanding of basic design, especially the principles of composition, colour theory, and craftsmanship, in a wide array of disciplines. Because of the Bauhaus belief in the
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By 1920, a sharp turn was taken towards the New Objectivity outlook. New Objectivity was not a strict movement in the sense of having a clear manifesto or set of rules” (Wikipedia [On-line] 2011 accessed on 1/11/2015) .Expressionism was a modernist movement, is initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Expressionist artists sought to express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality. In 1919, when Gropius founded the Bauhaus, Gerhard Marcks was one of the first three faculty members to be hired, along with Feininger who created the woodcut Cathedral which was used to illustrate the cover of the Bauhaus Manifesto of 1919 ( Fig 1) . Johannes Itten taught at the Bauhaus from 1919 to 1922 .Johannes Itten taught the innovative "preliminary course”which was to teach students the basics of material characteristics, composition, and color. Gropius chose ittens successor an artist who fully supported the Bauhaus new direction and he then became his most colleague Laszlo Moholy-Nagy his enthusiasm and flair influenced the entire Bauhaus he soon introduced a modern style of house print which transformed the Bauhaus. The person responsible for the final suppression of the expressionist …show more content…
One of the most important contributions of Bauhaus is modern furniture design, the Cantilever chair (fig 2) & Wassily Chair (Fig 3) both designed by Marcel Breuer. Art and Technology the new unity Wassily Kandinsky taught the basic design class for beginners and the course on advanced theory at the
By 1920, a sharp turn was taken towards the New Objectivity outlook. New Objectivity was not a strict movement in the sense of having a clear manifesto or set of rules” (Wikipedia [On-line] 2011 accessed on 1/11/2015) .Expressionism was a modernist movement, is initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Expressionist artists sought to express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality. In 1919, when Gropius founded the Bauhaus, Gerhard Marcks was one of the first three faculty members to be hired, along with Feininger who created the woodcut Cathedral which was used to illustrate the cover of the Bauhaus Manifesto of 1919 ( Fig 1) . Johannes Itten taught at the Bauhaus from 1919 to 1922 .Johannes Itten taught the innovative "preliminary course”which was to teach students the basics of material characteristics, composition, and color. Gropius chose ittens successor an artist who fully supported the Bauhaus new direction and he then became his most colleague Laszlo Moholy-Nagy his enthusiasm and flair influenced the entire Bauhaus he soon introduced a modern style of house print which transformed the Bauhaus. The person responsible for the final suppression of the expressionist …show more content…
One of the most important contributions of Bauhaus is modern furniture design, the Cantilever chair (fig 2) & Wassily Chair (Fig 3) both designed by Marcel Breuer. Art and Technology the new unity Wassily Kandinsky taught the basic design class for beginners and the course on advanced theory at the