Bauhaus goes west : modern art and design in Britain and America
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Published
New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2019.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
709.43 BAUHAUS POWER
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709.43 BAUHAUS POWER
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Published
New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
280 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"120 illustrations"--Dust jacket front flap.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-272) and index.
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'Bauhaus Goes West' is a story of cultural exchange - between the Bauhaus emigres in the years following the school's closure in 1933 and the countries to which they moved, focusing in particular on Britain. Taking as its starting point the cultural connections between the UK and Germany in the early part of the 20th century, the book offers a timely re-evaluation of the school's influence on and relationship with modern art and design in Britain, concluding with the school's American legacy. 0Following the closure of the Bauhaus in 1933, teachers and students found new opportunities in Britain and the United States. Among them were Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, who simultaneously spent time in London before moving to America, an episode often overlooked but freshly explored here in the context of the interaction between German Modernism and British-based design reform from 1900. Other Bauhaus-trained artists - women as well as men - stayed in the UK and made important contributions into the 1960s. In America, Mies van der Rohe and Josef and Anni Albers had significant late careers, but, over time, the Bauhaus became a shorthand for Modernism's failure. Now, the centenary of the school's founding provides a key opportunity to reconsider how its values emerged and were contested both during its lifetime and beyond.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Powers, A. (2019). Bauhaus goes west: modern art and design in Britain and America . Thames & Hudson Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Powers, Alan, 1955-. 2019. Bauhaus Goes West: Modern Art and Design in Britain and America. Thames & Hudson Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Powers, Alan, 1955-. Bauhaus Goes West: Modern Art and Design in Britain and America Thames & Hudson Inc, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Powers, Alan. Bauhaus Goes West: Modern Art and Design in Britain and America Thames & Hudson Inc., 2019.
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