50 Bauhaus icons you should know

Abstract

Founded by Walter Gropius in 1919, the Bauhaus School had an enormous impact on the arts and everyday life. Fifty of the most representative pieces of Bauhaus art and design are presented here in illuminating and engrossing two-page spreads. This book selects the artists, buildings, furniture pieces, theatrical productions, toys, and textiles that epitomize the Bauhaus ideal of uniting form and function. Artists such as Josef Albers, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Wassily Kandinsky, and Joost Schmidt are featured along with lesser-known but equally important designers and artists. Anyone interested in the history and accomplishments of the Bauhaus will find much to learn and enjoy in this compilation that reveals the movement's range as well as its influence on today's artistic practices.

Contents

Introduction -- Cover of the Bauhaus manifesto / Lyonel Feininger -- Colored sphere / Johannes Itten -- Wall hanging / Ida Kerkovius -- Cradle / Peter Keler -- Wine jug / Christian Dell -- Exhibition poster / Joost Schmidt -- Slatted chair "Ti 1A" / Marcel Breuer -- Ship-building set / Alma Buscher -- Pendant / Naum Slutzky -- Stairwell in Weimar / Herbert Bayer -- Combination teapot / Theodor Bogler -- Chess set / Josef Hartwig -- Exhibition catalogue / Herbert Bayer, László Moholy-Nagy -- Door handle / Walter Gropius, Adolf Meyer -- Floor lamp / Gyula Pap -- Cocoa jug / Otto Lindig -- Haus am Horn / Georg Muche -- Fruit bowl / Josef Albers -- "Mechanical ballet" / Kurt Schmidt -- "Happy ascent" / Wassily Kandinsky -- Director's room / Walter Gropius -- Table lamp MT 8 / Wilhelm Wagenfeld -- Round table / Erich Dieckmann -- Color spinning top / Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack -- Stand with two tea-balls / Wolfgang Tümpel, Otto Rittweger -- The Gropius portfolio / László Moholy-Nagy -- Tea infuser MT 49 / Marianne Brandt -- Tea caddies MT 38, MT 39 / Wilhelm Wagenfeld -- Set design / Kurt Schmidt -- Photograph / Lucia Moholy -- Newspaper kiosk / Herbert Bayer -- Wall hanging no.175 / Anni Albers -- Bauhaus building, Dessau / Walter Gropius -- "Wassily-Chair" B3 / Marcel Breuer -- Bauhaus books / László Moholy-Nagy -- Masters' houses, Dessau / Walter Gropius -- Bauhaus balconies / László Moholy-Nagy -- Ceiling lamp ME 105A / Marianne Brandt, Hans Przyrembel -- Wardrobe "TI 113" / Marcel Breuer -- "Red-green" / Gunta Stölzl -- Kandem lamp / Marianne Brandt, Hans Przyrembel -- "Bauhaus" title page / Herbert Bayer -- "Dead hare" / Walter Peterhans -- "Surveyed fields" / Paul Klee -- Armchair "TI 244" / Josef Albers -- Work stool / Hin Bredendieck, Hermann Gautel -- Dessau prospectus / Joost Schmidt -- Bauhaus wallpaper / Joost Schmidt -- Bauhaus stairway / Oskar Schlemmer -- "Triadic ballet" / Oskar Schlemmer