* Theres something about Mooi (and Fabrik, too) Nov 19, 2009
He is partial to simple furniture influenced by the Bauhaus school, which emphasized practicality and function. Fabriks merchandise reflects that, including a heavy steel desk custom-made in the 1950s for a doctors office and a side table with an extending tray that was used in a hospital. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Mimarlik Dolu Bir Haftayi Geride Biraktik [AHB 457 - 9 Kasim 2009] Nov 10, 2009
Bauhaus 1919 - 1933: Workshops for Modernity (08 Kasm 2009 - 25 Ocak 2010). Suriye Mimarlk. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Elizabeth Kolbert: Is there a quick fix for the climate? Nov 10, 2009
SuperFreakonomics and climate change : The New Yorker (New Yorker)
David Denby: “The Messenger” and “The Box.” Nov 10, 2009
Images from the Bauhaus retrospective at MOMA.. The collapse of North Korea s food-distribution system. (New Yorker)
Ariel Levy: Why is feminism still so divisive? Nov 9, 2009
Feminism and Gail Collins s When Everything Changed : The New Yorker. Post, Esther Peterson, Restless (1997), Memories, Cindy McCain, Billie Jean King, Conservatives, Betty Friedan, Miss America Pageant, Republican Party, Susan Brownmiller, NOW (National Organization for Women), Bob McDonnell, Gloria Steinem, Social Movements, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Shriver Report, Identity Politics, Traditional Family, Comprehensive Child Development Act, Walter Mondale, (Pres. (New Yorker)
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The making of Bauhaus style : The New Yorker ... ABSTRACT: THE ART WORLD on a Bauhaus exhibit at MOMA. Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity at the Museum of Modern Art has some four hundred works by scores of masters and students ... First and last, the Bauhaus was an experiment in education. (New Yorker)
New book puts a spotlight on the Bauhaus movement Oct 30, 2009
Although the Bauhaus exerted a profound influence on the development of European and American modernism, it did not espouse any single style or aesthetic. "The Bauhaus Group: Six Masters of Modernism" (Knopf ... 00), by Nicholas Fox Weber: In this informal group biography, art historian Nicholas Fox Weber, author of "Le Corbusier" (2008), profiles six key artists and architects from the experimental teaching institution known as the Bauhaus, which flourished in Germany amid the cultural ferment... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
YALE NEWS: Symposium at Yale Looks at Everyday Things Through Architectural Prism Oct 30, 2009
Among those presenting are Jennifer Komar Olivarez, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, who will talk about the architecture and design of the Prairie School; Julie Emerson, Seattle Art Museum, who will discuss the Wiener Werkstaette, the early 20th-century Vienna workshops, which influenced the Bauhaus style in Germany and Art Deco in the U.S; Brian Lutz, who will talk about furniture architects designed for Artek and Knoll; and Katherine B. Hiesinger, Philadelphia Museum, who will address the topic... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Design Research is back - as an installation Oct 29, 2009
A longtime associate of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and chairman of the architecture department at Harvard s Graduate School of Design, Ben Thompson was perhaps best known locally as the creator of Faneuil Hall Marketplace. But his interests ranged far and wide. (Boston Globe)
A rare Chicago visit by a Caravaggio Oct 4, 2009
Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity : The effect of the Bauhaus, the legendary German art school, can still be felt today in architecture, industrial design, and graphic arts. This Museum of Modern Art exhibition displays more than 400 works - paintings, furniture, textiles, and much else besides - to indicate both the range of the school s handiwork and its impact on 20th-century culture. (Boston Globe)
The Abstracted Landscape : Work by 4 International Artists Sep 30, 2009
In the 20th century there are many examples, from George Seeley to Paul Strand, through Moholy Nagy and the Bauhaus to Edward Weston's glorious sand dunes. Related Links. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Bauhaus is more than a place to get coffee (10) Sep 26, 2009
Bauhaus is more than a place to get coffee ... Bauhaus is more than a place to get coffee ... Bauhaus is more than a place to get coffee. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Your wish could be library's command Sep 22, 2009
JacquesAzz wrote on Sep 17, 2009 4:43 PM:" Great, another ugly Bauhaus knock-off government building. When will that (lack of) style be buried and forgotten? Here's an idea -- try functional and comfortable. ". rick wrote on Sep 17, 2009 4:58 PM:" what an incredibly ugly building. ". (The Herald-Palladium)
Peter Schjeldahl: Kandinsky at the Guggenheim. Sep 21, 2009
In 1921, Kandinsky moved with Nina to Berlin, where the art world embraced him, and he became a prominent teacher at the Bauhaus, in Weimar, and later, Dessau. Unfortunately, his style calcified into tricky panoplies of stock modernistic forms, more suited to punchy graphic art. (New Yorker)
Mathematical Basis of Computer Art Sep 18, 2009
From the Bauhaus to De Stijl, artists such as Matyla, Ghyka, Doesburg and Vantongerloo began producing precision art. It is pointed out by Meredieu, in the book Digital and Video Art that decorative arts teaching, together with a revival of interest in mathematical concepts, paved the way for and then became superseded by the theories of Max Bill. (Suite101.com)
* Last of Jacquard hand looms to fall silent Sep 13, 2009
This is the only remaining working cooperative of the famous ones such as Bauhaus in Germany or the Arts and Crafts Society in London, he said. We have encountered something here that is outside the scope of what we normally encounter. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Israel's Other War Sep 12, 2009
And Tel Aviv contains about 4,000 examples of Bauhaus architecture, the largest such concentration anywhere. With much of Islamic terror now effectively walled off (to the disapproval of world opinion), daily life in Israel, though more expensive, has become more relaxed and fun. (Townhall.com)
Hitting the G-spot Aug 29, 2009
The German-designed Bauhaus architectural complex, once an electronics factory, has been inventively transformed into a contemporary art haven. Its modern-day workers are a thriving artists community, filling the cavernous buildings with their workshops and works of art. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Agency on the frontline Aug 27, 2009
Last year, Luis Mu;oz left television and moved back to Bauhaus Media with dreams of producing a new show; this year it s become a reality. Mu;oz Vamos. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
90 years on, Bauhaus becomes crowd magnet in Berlin Aug 5, 2009
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Bauhaus anniversary show draws many visitors Jul 30, 2009
FILE - In this July 14, 2009 file picture a man looks at Bauhaus lamps and furniture at the Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum in Berlin. The exhibit "Model Bauhaus" is open to the public from July 22 to October 4, 2009 ... It's all there: the well-known desk lamps, the original metal tube chairs and models of boxy white buildings - 90 years after the founding of the Bauhaus school, a large exhibition is celebrating the most famous and influential school of avant-garde art in the 20. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Washington diary Jul 30, 2009
Not to be outdone, the West created the Hansaviertel, where renowned Western architects created sleek bungalows that merged Bauhaus minimalism with bourgeois cosiness. The Cold War competition mirrored what happened in Berlin before the war. (BBC News -- Americas)
Distinguished already, as the last Seidler design Jul 25, 2009
"This is the last to be finished," said the Bauhaus student's widow, Penny Seidler ... "He was a rarity in architectural circles, having been trained in Europe on modernist Bauhaus principles - he remained true to those ideals," Mr Zulaikha said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Architecture and the Shortcomings of the Left-Right divide Jul 22, 2009
I had always classified the architecture as colonial Nazi : intimidating, inhuman, Bauhaus lines, but in red-brick softness. Everything was either square or scalene and off-center. (The American Conservative)
Israel vacation with airfare, from $1,899 Jun 26, 2009
Your trip begins in the fascinating seaside metropolis of Tel Aviv, where youll enjoy a guided tour of Neve Zedek, a narrow maze of Bauhaus and Art Deco buildings dating back to the early 1900s. Next its on to Tiberias, a popular resort town along the Sea of Galilee. (MSNBC -- Travel)
How to spend a couple days in Tel Aviv Jun 6, 2009
Take a detour along any small street to see some of the 1930s Bauhaus buildings that helped earn Tel Aviv a UNESCO World Heritage site designation. 8 p.m. - Enjoy dinner at Nanuchka on Lilienblum Street, a Georgian bistro nearby with unique Black Sea cuisine and charming atmosphere. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Viva Tel Aviv! May 21, 2009
To turn off Allenby Street into Bialik Street, named for Israel's national poet, is to enter a time capsule of elegant 1920s and 1930s apartment houses, merging Bauhaus and Art Deco with Mediterranean influences to make Tel Aviv's own International Style, and ending in a tranquil circular park. The beach is a stretch of golden sand sloping gently into an azure sea 00004000. (Concierge.com)
Fresno Burns Building's boring looks belie colorful history May 10, 2009
"Starting from zero!" is how author Tom Wolfe described the spirit of the age in his 1981 history of the International Style, "From Bauhaus to Our House." ... Bauhaus was a school of trend-setting artists started by architect Walter Gropius in 1919 in Weimer, the German capital ... The Bauhaus architects' style wouldn't be called "International" until 1932. (Fresno Bee)
Tel Aviv remains young at heart Apr 30, 2009
The boulevard, with its large pedestrianized, tree-lined lane and outdoor coffee kiosks is home to a large concentration of Bauhaus buildings, an architectural-style that became Tel Aviv's trademark after Jewish architects who fled from WWII Germany used it in constructions around the city. Tel Aviv's Bauhaus structures have earned it the name the "White City" and UNESCO World Heritage status in 2004. (CNN -- Travel)
Crawling into little hearts Apr 11, 2009
After graduating from design school, Carle moved to New York, taking with him a portfolio from his first job as a poster designer: strong, clean work influenced by the Bauhaus. He could, he thinks, have become a fine artist and done very well. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Kandinsky gets rare international retrospective Apr 9, 2009
Books of poetry, including "The Art of Spiritual Harmony," supplement the exhibition, along with Kandinsky's instructive work as a teacher at the famed Bauhaus school in Weimar, Germany, later moved to Dessau and eventually closed by the Nazis. "He is evolving all the time .... There is no period without imagination," said Christian Derouet, French curator of the retrospective. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Chair design in Melbourne Mar 5, 2009
The chair continued at the frontline, as the worlds political skyline altered irretrievably after World War I. In 1919, German architect Walter Gropius started the Bauhaus school of modern design, training students to integrate art and technology to develop functional designs for mass production ... 1928: Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriands LC/4 Chaise Lounge Beckoning us was a sculptural reclining chair designed by the Bauhaus Frenchman Corbusier we Indians acclaim as the architect of... (India Times)
Art.view: Spot colour Feb 22, 2009
It derived from the Paris Exposition of 1925 and became a catch-all for a new visual language that drew on a wide range of sources Cubism, the Ballets Russes, the Bauhaus, folk art, classicism and the rectilinear design of Art Nouveau. Reinterpreting these influences, artists and designers throughout Europe strove for an aggressively modern style that turned its back on the 19th century and the great war that had effectively brought it to an end. (The Economist)
The communist touch Feb 8, 2009
s. Rodchenko's mentor, Wassily Kandinsky, taught at the Bauhaus art and design school in Germany after leaving Moscow in 1922, as did the Hungarian Constructivist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Their ideas were then disseminated by fellow Bauha. (International Herald Tribune)
Paul Goldberger: The new 2 Columbus Circle can’t break free of its predecessor. Feb 8, 2009
So what if it looked like a Bauhaus version of the Alhambra or, as Ada Louise Huxtable, then the architecture critic at the Times, put it, a die-cut Venetian palazzo on lollypops. Amid the austere glass boxes of the nineteen-fifties and sixties, it seemed to strike a blow for quirky individualism. (New Yorker)
