The Bauhaus Notes
Title: The Bauhaus Notes
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 1262 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Bauhaus Notes
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 1262 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
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When Walter Gropius resigned as the head of the Bauhaus in 1930, Ludwig
Mies Van Der Rohe (1886-1969) became its director, moving it to Berlin
before political pressures forced it to close in 1933. In his architecture
and furniture he made a clear and elegant statement of the International
Style, so much so that his work had enormous influence on modern
architecture. Taking his motto "less is more" and calling his architecture
"skin and bones," his
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of the furniture workshop first by Josef Albers and then by Alfred
Arndt, the workshops priorities were realigned. The aim was now to create
low-cost multi-purpose, standard furniture. A number of ingenious folding
or adjustable work chairs were designed, often using tubular steel and
plywood in conjunction. Alfred Arndts chair 1929-30 which is sometimes
attributed to Breuer, folds completely flat so that it can fold up against
a wall.
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