Photography Final Research Project Bauhaus: Influences on Photography and Architecture After the defeat in the First World War and the fall of the German monarchy‚ Germany faced darkness and lost hope in the future. Walter Gropius‚ a German architect‚ who served in the war‚ saw the need of re-orienting the art world for the better (Westphal‚ 7). One year after the First World War‚ 1919‚ Gropius opened a school in Weimar‚ Germany called the Bauhaus school. His intention for this school
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The Bauhaus‚ a German design school‚ is widely known for the approach to contemporary design that it cultivated‚ however‚ evaluations have been made to oppose the idealistic portrayal of the school. Phillip B. Meggs’ The Bauhaus and the New Typography‚ and Dietmar R. Winkler’s Morality and Myth: The Bauhaus Reassessed explore the Bauhaus‚ and its impact towards modern design. Winkler argues against the philosophies of the Bauhaus while Meggs’ arguments remain neutral‚ but very informative. Although
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relation with that period‚ with a fulfilling understanding of the concepts and ideas created. I will emphasis on the Bauhaus period followed by the Expressionism period highlighting Kandinsky and his painting “Composition VII”. Then I will explain the De Stijl movement subsequently Rietveld and his design “The Red Blue chair”. Afterwards I will describe Coco Chanel and her design “The little black dress”. Modernism was a radical approach to regenerate the way modern civilization viewed life‚ art
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What was the Bauhaus and what was its purpose? The Bauhaus was a school of art‚ architecture and design that existed in three German cities including Weimar‚ Dessau‚ and Berlin. The school was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and it lasted until 1933. During its time‚ Bauhaus went through different distinct periods under different directors and cities including expressionism‚ constructivism‚ functionalism and architecture. The Bauhaus was the start of modernism‚ at the same time‚ it changed the
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But he came back to life. In 1919 Gropius was appointed as the Master in Grand Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts in Weimer which he transformed into the famous ‘Bauhaus’ School. At Bauhaus he introduced new and innovative method of teaching. For about 15 years Gropius continued with Bauhaus. Many innovative structures and designs started to come out from Gropius in this period. He designed the housing projects Karl Sruhe in Berlin and Dessau. In 1934 Gropius left Germany for England and worked
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A Research on Arts&Crafts Movement and Bauhaus 1. Introduction Arts and Crafts Movement and Bauhaus are two major movements in design history. In this paper‚ the author aims at making an overview of the two movements including the historical‚ cultural and social context and revealing the philosophy behind each movement. In order to obtain an in-depth understanding‚ the author chooses William Morris from the Arts and Crafts Movement and Walter Gropius from Bauhaus and their significant artworks
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DESIGN IN CONTEXT “ A style does not go out of style as long as it adopts to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind‚ it is never the style that triumphs.” Coco Chanel Visual communications are a reflection of their time and often depict the fashion‚ taste and trends of a period. The impact of social change can be clearly seen in many areas of design including fashion‚ architecture‚ graphic design and product design. What was
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Design Influences 1920s The economic glory days of the 1920s is renowned for its luxury items and art movements but was this just for an elitist sect to the decade known as the golden era? The ’roaring twenties ’ was a period of striking change and social upheaval. The period was of dramatic technological advancements as the 1920s witnessed new discoveries and inventions that became the foundation of prosperous businesses in virtually every field. The Great War had hastened development
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of graphic design made in Switzerland. It became famous through the art of very talented Swiss graphic designers‚ but it emerged in Russia‚ Germany and Netherlands in the 1920’s. This style in art‚ architecture and culture became an ‘international’ style after 1950’s and it was produced by artists all around the globe. Despite that‚ people still refer to it as the Swiss Style or the Swiss Legacy. This progressive‚ radical movement in graphic design is not concerned with the graphic design in Switzerland
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A Brief History of Interior Design Credit for the birth of interior design is most often given to the Ancient Egyptians‚ who decorated their humble mud huts with simple furniture enhanced by animal skins or textiles‚ as well as murals‚ sculptures‚ and painted vases. Beautiful gold ornaments found in Egyptian tombs (such as that of King Tutankhamen) revealed the importance of more lavish decoration for wealthier and powerful Egyptians. The Roman and Greek civilizations built upon the Egyptian art
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