Walter Gropius and the creation of the Bauhaus in Weimar : the ideals and artistic theories of its founding years
1971, First Edition. Urbana : University of Illinois Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good, somewhat dust-dulled and edge-nicked dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #476934
ISBN: 0252001281
Physical description; xvi, 336 pages illustrations 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-322). Appendix in German. Contents; The ideas of Walter Gropius at the end of World War I: Change and continuity -- Gropius and the 1914 Werkbund Controversy -- Bruno Taut, Adolf Behne, and the mission of the Avant-Garde -- The first Bauhaus Program and the Arbeitsrat Fur Kunst -- The inception of the Bauhaus and the place of the fine arts in its early curriculum -- Johannes Itten, the Bauhaus Preliminary Course, and the bases of design. Subjects; Gropius, Walter (1883-1969). Bauhaus History. Art Philosophy. Architecture, Modern 20th century Germany. Franciscono, Marcel.
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