Bauhaus: Art, Craft, Design
ARHA 338
Spring 2025
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GRST 238 |
This seminar examines the theory and practice of the Bauhaus, the most influential art school of the 20th century. The Bauhaus proposed a radical concept: to reconstruct the material world of war-torn Europe to reflect principles of unity in the arts and within all world cultures. In the 15 years of its existence, from 1919 until 1933, the Bauhaus underwent many changes, including moves from Weimar to Dessau and Dessau to Berlin, as well as the reorientation of its curriculum away from craft and towards industrial production. Throughout, its activity was defined by a series of tensions, between fine and applied arts and between form and function. Attracting men and women from Western and Eastern Europe, the Americas, and East Asia, the Bauhaus adopted an international and gender-inclusive orientation from the beginning, even as gender inequalities persisted. After the school's forced closure in 1933 by the National Socialists, many of its teachers and students left Germany to found art schools throughout the globe, and its core principles continue to shape art pedagogy and practice today, above all its a commitment to experimental learning in de-hierarchized workshops. This course will examine the origins, core products and theories, and afterlife of the Bauhaus. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ARHA-MN)(ARHA)(ARST)(GRST)(IDEA-MN)(IDEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Wassily Kandinsky, Point and Line to Plane (1926)
László Moholy-Nagy, From Material to Architecture (1928)
A series of articles and essays made available on ereserve
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| Instructor(s): Kuenzli,Katherine Times: .M.W... 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: BOGH113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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