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BAUHAUS
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New links (as of November
2011): The Design History.org pages on the Bauhaus;
the Guggenheim Museum's collection of Bauhaus
images; an interview
with a surviving Bauhaus student in 1999; the Wikipedia article
has improved of late, and lists members and provides basic information.
The links that appear below, however, are more scholarly, more complete,
and (ultimately) more useful. The Bauhaus-archiv museum of design now has an English site (click on the "english" button), with nice design and some good info. Mark Harden's Artchive features pages on the Bauhaus, with some articles, but it's supported by annoying ads. Bauhaus (World History of Art); this site is currently being reconstructed, but the 20th century art section will be helpful when it's complete. Photography at the Bauhaus (Met Timeline of Art History) and the thematic essay on the Bauhaus. Search the timeline for related pages with "Bauhaus" as the keyword. The Bauhaus and the 20th-century Modern Movement: a PowerPoint lecture by John V. Maciuika, at CUNY. See also: Germany Today's pages on the Bauhaus School; Two Bauhaus Buildings: A Paradigm Shift by Darlene Brady (from Architecture Week); and Artcyclopedia's pages on individual Bauhaus artists. Walter Gropius: The Digital Archive of American Architecture features a page on Gropius's architectural designs in America; Great Architecture Online's page features links to major works; audio interviews from BBC; Artcyclopedia's page on Gropius. Johannes Itten: A website design page called Worqx features an article on Itten's Contrasts in their Color Theory Tutorial. Another article on Color Contrast points out the contributions of the Bauhaus in general, and Itten and his student, Josef Albers in particular to the development of color theory. Paul Klee: The Guggenheim Museum provides a brief biography of Klee with links to his influences and friends; The Webmuseum does its usual good job of providing background and a selection of images; Artcyclopedia Klee links; Search results on Klee from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). Wassily Kandinsky: Artcyclopedia's links; Kandinsky: Compositions, an article by Mark Harden; Harden's Artchive page on Kandinsky (this page has a good article on Kandinsky and Music). A good article on Kandinsky's synaesthesia can be found on Redflag.org's site; be warned, however, that this is a Scottish Marxist page--although the article itself seems apolitical. If you're interested in the condition, see the home page of the UK Synaesthesia Association. Mies van der Rohe: The joint exhibiton from MoMA and the Whitney is here: Mies in Berlin/Mies in America; short profiles of Mies buildings from Great Buildings Online; a site devoted to the Barcelona Pavilion; links via the Artcyclopedia; Digital Archive of American Architecture page on Mies; Mies Pieces by Joseph Giovannini, another article about the MoMA/Whitney show, this time from New York Magazine. Marianne Brandt: A short biography of Brandt from DesignAddict, with a couple of images; Architonic's Design Museum includes a number of Brandt designs--includes descriptions and dates when you click on the thumbnails; some of these items are being reproduced. The International Center for Photography featured a show on Brandt's Bauhaus Photomontages in 2006. Some of the images are archived here. Ben Davis's review of the exhibit on ArtNet: Down Tempo includes many more. Other women in the Bauhaus (some of this material duplicates itself): The Guardian ran an article, Haus proud: Women of the Bauhaus in 2009; Patrick Hazard's article in the Broad Street Review, Forgotten Women of the Bauhaus (Not to mention all those overrated men) provides a feminist look at the women and their decidedly underrated positions; ‘Bauhaus Women’ – a tribute to the generation of German female artists, by Ulrike Muller at Women Globally. László Moholy-Nagy: The George Eastman House has a large collection of photographs, and the Getty Museum also has a few, with explanations; for other museum holdings see the links via Artcyclopedia; Fine Arts in Hungary pages (search for Moholy Nagy for several good, large-format scans); An article on Nagy at Bauhaus Online. Marcel Breuer: The Smithsonian Institutions site Marcel Breuer: A Centennial Celebration includes excerpts from an interview with Breuer. Great Buildings Online has a page on Breuer's architecture, and The Design Technology Department offers a good overview of Breuer's work. One of the most pleasant sites to visit is the St. John's Abbey and University celebration of Breuer's centenary, Marcel Breuer, Architect. Lyonel Feininger: although an American, Feininger was a prominent member of the Bauhaus. Germany Today's Bauhaus School site has a page on Feininger (including a link to his life as a cartoonist), and the Artcyclopedia links page offers several sources. Geometry.net has a page of sources, many of which offer more links and biographies. Kathy Zimmerer's article on Feininger, will illustrations. Lambiek's Comiclopeida article. MoMA's Feininger collection is small but informative. For more links to Feininger's work, go to the W-WAR (Worldwide Art Resources) page. An article from Heritage Radio's page: Feininger – passionate lover of simplicity and victim of an avalanche of stupidity, about why Feininger (although his parents were German and he loved the German countryside) spent most of his life in New York. Typography: Bauhaus fonts from Fontscape; This page on Sanserif History places the Bauhaus influence in context; and see the links under Herbert Bayer, below. Herbert Bayer: A Study of Bauhaus Typography focuses on Bayer's contribution to the Bauhaus's typographic style; a short biography and a couple of images from Namen der Kunst; the Bayer page from Dr. Leslie and the Composing Room (Bayer's impact on American graphic design); Artcyclopedia's page; MoMA's page includes several images. |