Try Bauhaus Ideal: What is Bauhaus?

Bauhaus was a design school founded in Germany after World War II. The name itself means "house of architecture". Its founder, walter gropius, is determined to break away from past customs in design and education. He hires talented teachers to teach, and then these teachers will choose their favorite students to teach. The purpose is to replace the Victorian design style with a simple style that conforms to the machine age. Bauhaus's initiative has gradually developed into a movement, bringing white interior design, reclining chairs and glass skyscrapers into our lives. The initiator of this movement is another person-French architect le corbusier is one of them. But Bauhaus made a good start, because it is a brand-new and ambitious design product in itself-I call it "Bauhaus Ideal". Bauhaus's teachers, their goals and teaching methods will serve as the starting point for this book to explore its historical traces. Bauhaus's teachers are all practical artists and designers. 1933 after the dissolution of Bauhaus, many teachers showed their talents and had a great influence in the United States. New york Museum of Modern Art has collected all the works of Bauhaus: Anne Albers, a textile designer. First he studied knitting in Bauhaus, and then he taught in Bauhaus. Later, she and her husband Josef Albers went to Montenegro College in North Carolina and taught there for 16 years. Her textile design inherits the painting style of her teacher paul klee. She once performed "A Woman" in the Museum of Modern Art ... Josef Albers-painter. His most famous achievement is a series of color studies called "Salute to the Square". Before becoming a teacher, he studied in Bauhaus. After 1933, he taught at Montenegro College. His companions are John Cage and Moss? Cunningham, robert rauschenberg and Buckminster Fuller. He ended his career as the head of the design department of Yale University. Laszlo Morley-Nagy-Photographer, Designer and Sculptor. He is famous for his abstract sculptures made of unconventional materials-metal, plastic and wires. His achievements include compressing space into dynamic two-dimensional photos and photo collages. After the dissolution of Bauhaus, he established a new Bauhaus in Chicago as the successor of Bauhaus. The new Bauhaus later merged with Illinois Institute of Technology. Graphic designer Herbert Bayer. He studied painting in Bauhaus, and later set up Bauhaus printing and advertising studio. The main achievement is sans serif fonts, which he calls "universal fonts". 1938, working as a graphic designer in America. Famous works include a series of art illustration advertisements designed for American container companies, which are called "great ideas of westerners". Designer and architect Marcel Lajos Breuer. First studied in Bauhaus, then taught in Bauhaus. So far, several chairs designed by him have been very popular. Later, he worked as an architect in the United States, and his works included Whitney Museum and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Ludwig mies van der Rohe-Architect. His architecture is called the purest and most elegant work in modern design. He led Bauhaus from 1930 to 1933. After Bauhaus was dissolved, he went to Chicago and built a new campus for Illinois Institute of Technology. The skyscrapers he built in Chicago and new york and the public buildings he built in Berlin are all variants of glass boxes. The Museum of Modern Art has a collection of his essays. Paul klee-the artist. Although all his friends are expressionist painters, his own works are quiet little dream images quickly drawn with dexterous hands. He tried to react spontaneously to blank paper like a child. This distrust of technology makes him completely unlike a teacher. He thinks that lines and colors have inherent communication properties-that's what he teaches. Painter wassily kandinsky. He was born in Russia and went to Germany to join the avant-garde. Like Klee, he also believes that colors and forms convey information, which is completely different from the natural objects they represent. In order to explore this language, he invented abstract painting. His works are the mainstay of Solomon Guggenheim Art Museum in new york. Walter Gropius, architect. He founded Bauhaus, which brought craftsmen and artists together and broke down industry barriers. As a driving force to promote the international style of architecture, he taught at Harvard University in the United States in 1938. Later, he became the head of the design institute and established a Cambridge architectural entity-the Architects Union. Leonie. Faninger-painter, graphic artist and expressionist lifelong painter. He used to be a German cartoonist and later taught graphic art in Bauhaus. He was famous for drawing jagged rectangular building outlines, and ended his career in new york. 1944 The Museum of Modern Art held a retrospective exhibition of his works. Gunta stoltzl- textile designer, head of Bauhaus textile studio. Her designs and abstract tapestries are as influential in Europe as Anne Albers's designs are in the United States. John eaton-painter and theorist. He designed an introductory course for Bauhaus-students learn how to deal with colors, shapes and materials. He absorbed the concepts of visual order and harmony from Zoroastrianism (Zoroastrianism is a contemporary religion based on Persian Suo Luoya-Stoicism). Bauhaus has left Bauhaus since he shifted his focus to industrial products. He devoted the rest of his life to teaching knowledge and writing, and his books on colors and shapes are still published. Marianne Brandt-Designer. The teapot and silverware she designed in Bauhaus are still very popular with collectors because of their simple geometric contours. Silver products have never been mass-produced, but her metal desk lamp has been a great success in business. In the face of fierce industrialization, Bauhaus designers did not panic. On the contrary, they want to control the trend of industrialization-create industrial towns like Pittsburgh and Manchester, and develop deadly technology in World War I. Their dream is to make meaningful and pleasant finished products, which will bring physical and mental health and vitality to people's daily lives. They are well aware that they are ahead of the times.