Description
Book SynopsisAn accessible history of the Bauhaus, tracing the ideas behind its conception and its highly influential teaching methods.
Trade Review'‘Concise, well constructed, entertaining and eminently readable’' - Architects’ Journal
'‘A much needed and very lucid account’' - The Times Educational Supplement
Table of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Aims and Ambitions • 2. Art, Crafts, Architecture and the Academies 3. Art Education Reformed • 4. The Founder • 5. Problems • 6. The First Appointments 7. The Students • 8. Achievements • 9. New Arrivals • 10. The Basic Course: Colour and Form • 11. Going Dutch • 12. Towards a New Unity: Moholy-Nagy and Albers • 13. The Public Face • 14. Dessau • 15. Young Masters • 16. A New Director • 17. The Bitter End 18. Judgments
