Post 8 - Chris Nowlan - The Bauhaus

In the 1920's and 30's the Bauhaus was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught.

The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. In spite of its name, and the fact that its founder was an architect, the Bauhaus did not have an architecture department during the first years of its existence. The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design. The Bauhaus had a profound influence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography. 

The School became one of the best-known progressive institutions for art and design instruction in the twentieth century. The major goals of the school were to encourage craftsman and artists to collaborate, to elevate the status of crafts, and to maintain relations with industry and craft leaders in order to eventually become independent of government control.

At the Bauhaus, typography was conceived as both an empirical means of communication and an artistic expression, with visual clarity stressed above all. 

Artist 

Albers, Josef - 1888 - 1976
Feininger, Lyonel - 1871 - 1956

http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/weekly/aa022101a.htm 

http://wwar.com/masters/movements/bauhaus_school.html

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http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/b/bauhaus.html