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Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Design styles > Modernist design & Bauhaus
The Bauhaus Journal, now published in this gorgeous facsimile, is
the ultimate testimony to the school's diversity and impact One
hundred years after the founding of the Bauhaus, it's time to
revisit Bauhaus, the school's journal, as a crucial testimony of
this iconic moment in the history of modern art. This gorgeously
produced, slipcased, 14-volume publication features facsimiles of
individual issues of the journal, as well as a commentary booklet
including an overview of the content, English translations of all
texts and a scholarly essay that places the journal in its
historical context. Even during its existence, the influence of the
Bauhaus school extended well beyond the borders of Europe, and its
practitioners played a formative role in all areas of art, design
and architecture. The school's international reach and impact is
particularly evident in its journal. Bauhaus Journal was published
periodically under the direction of Walter Gropius and L szl
Moholy-Nagy, among others, from 1926 to 1931. In its pages, the
most important voices of the movement were heard: Bauhaus masters
and artists associated with the school such as Josef Albers,
Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, Herbert Bayer,
Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Gerrit Rietveld and many
more. The centenary of the Bauhaus provides an ideal opportunity to
reassess this history, to consider the ideals of the school and its
protagonists through this graphically innovative publication.
The 'new urban municipality of Berlin', also called Greater Berlin,
was created 100 years ago, on 1 October 1920, following a
ground-breaking administrative reform. This was a century-defining
milestone that transformed Berlin into a world city. The old city
of Berlin was merged with 7 other cities, 59 rural communities, and
27 estate districts. As a result, the city's area increased from 66
to 878 square metres, its population from 1.9 to 3.9 million
people, virtually overnight. But Greater Berlin did not remain a
fixed entity. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, new planning and
development projects continued to transform the greater urban area,
which has grown, seemingly without end, far beyond the boundaries
of Berlin. The two volumes of Unfinished Metropolis are dedicated
to the past and future of Greater Berlin. The first volume offers
an insight into an array of different topics, such as Berlin's role
as the capital of Germany, its relationship with Brandenburg, and
the historical, economic, and social conditions that have driven
the growth of the urban area over the centuries. The second volume
delves deeper into the designs for the future. It comprehensively
documents the International Urban Planning Competition for
Berlin-Brandenburg 2070, held by the states' association of
architects and engineers. It also explores how other European
capital regions - London, Moscow, Paris, and Vienna - are seeking
to ensure sustainable urban development in years to come. Volume 1:
100 Years of Urban Planning for Greater Berlin 416 pages; 550
pictures Volume 2: International Urban Planning Competition for
Berlin-Brandenburg 2070 336 pages; 300 pictures
This is the most thorough and detailed monograph on the artwork of
Raymond Jonson. He is one of many artists of the first half of the
twentieth-century who demonstrate the richness and diversity of an
under-appreciated period in the history of American art.
Visualizing the spiritual was one of the fundamental goals of early
abstract painting in the years before and during World War I.
Artists turned to alternative spirituality, the occult, and
mysticism, believing that the pure use of line, shape, color, light
and texture could convey spiritual insight. Jonson was steadfastly
dedicated to this goal for most of his career and he always
believed that modernist and abstract styles were the most effective
and compelling means of achieving it.
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