It existed from 1919 - 1933, in Weimar till 1925
Walter Gropius is the Director of the Bauhaus from 1919 - 1928. He is very important. He has a new idea that maybe we have to go back to the old ways. In publishing the Bauhaus manfesto, he has a woodcut of a cathedral. He is using the Cathedral to represent Painting, Sculpture and architecture. A work of art that represents a new social unity. People put their entire lives into the Bauhaus, they move from other countries to just to be there.
Gropius has his Council of masters; Gerhard Marks in charge of sculpture, Lyonel Feringer of painting, and Johannes Itten of the Priliminary courses.
Itten is extremely interesting, because he invented the way we think about core classes today. He talks about things in relation to their opposites (e.g. soft/hard). Always using contrast and hierarchies.
The movie very interesting explains the rise and fall of the Bauhaus, then the reopening of the Bauhaus in Dessau. It is interesting how it is driven away to somewhere that is more liberal. I think even to this day, art school are more accepted in more liberal areas. The discussion about the addition of architecture to the Bauhaus is extremely interesting, because we dont have anything like it here at ringling, and it is the most interesting because of how much it changes or the Bauhaus. As much as i love sans serif typefaces; Its nice to at least have the option to use serif faces, therefore when the bauhaus gets rid of serif faces, i personally think its crazy!
Learning about the Bauhaus has been extremely interesting, because its amazing to see how such an important historical school progressed, and even though it was only open for 10 minutes, it has made such an incredible impact on art. Why hasnt Ringling made an equal impact on art? are the students just not good enough? or has everything just been done before?
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