The exchange of ideas between the Bauhaus and other artistic movements during its evolution
This essay begins with the origin and the birth of early twentieth century art & architecture movements. These particular movements did not just affect painting, but also had a significant effect on architecture, theatre, film and photography.
"What about the reality of the everyday world and the reality of
Painting? They are not the same realities. What is this creative thing that
you have struggled to get and where did it come from? What reference or
value does it have, outside of the painting itself?"
Ad Reinhardt, in a group discussion at Studio 35, in 1950.
In his book The Expressionists Wolf-Dieter Dube explains abstract expressionism became prominent in the early twentieth century, pioneered by Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian (fig1.0). Although the artists worked individually they were unified by the conviction that abstract painting was capable of evoking a spiritual experience. A head figure of Expressionism, Kandinsky, in 1911 began to paint heavily layered compositions of free floating lines. He had the objective to connect visual form with the properties of music. Later these particular artists joined various schools; Kandinsky joined the Bauhaus school in Weimar, and this era later saw the rise of the Bauhaus, De Stijl style, along with Le Corbusiers Purism journal l'Esprit Nouveau.
Fig1.0: Wassily Kandinsky’s transverse line 1923.
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It would be difficult to progress further without taking into account the immense and diverse cultural and historical events that inevitably led to the birth of early twenti...
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...ferences, once this was realised the Bauhaus was steered away from its expressionist form and adopted the modern ideas and form of De Stijl, Constructivism and Purism.
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Books
• Hans.L.C.Jaffe (1970). De Stijl. London: Thames and Hudson.
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• George rickey (1995). constructivism. New York: George Braziller.
• Herbert Bayer (1975). Bauhaus 1919-1928. London: Secker & Warburg.
• Kenneth Frampton (2007). Modern Architecture. London: Thames and Hudson.
• Wolf-Dietar Dube (1972). The expressionists. London: Thames and Hudson.
Internet
• http://www.artmovements.co.uk/bauhaus.htm (accessed on the 7th of March, 2011 11:35pm)
• http://bauhaus.com/ (accessed on the 4th of April, 2011, 4:05pm)
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