Talk:Bauhaus

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Template:ArchitectureCOTM Why are Typography and Jan Tschichold related to Bauhaus? (They were added by 217.233.107.72, but there's no response from him yet.) Adam Bishop 01:14, 4 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Or British Airways ethnic liveries. Its been over a year with no response so I am deleting these. Justinc 00:11, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I am not clear about what, beyond the physical plant, it has in common with the Bauhaus described here, but there is again a technical school operating in its Dessau facilities as of the mid- to late 1990s, with architecture as part of the curriculum and which appeared to have been operating under the DDR. This included live stage productions in the Bauhaus theater, IIRC under the name of Bauhausbühne (literally, "Baushaus Stage"). The same building contains a Messe (a cafeteria serving students), where an interest in the history of the the facility was evidenced by about a square inch on one wall of a stairwell, that had been painstakingly and exceedingly neatly "dissected", one layer of paint at a time, to show strips of about a 1/8-inch strip of each phase in that history. A snackbar also operated in the basement of the other end of this building from the cafeteria; this room had distinctive lighting fixtures, appearing to be both physically supported and powered by uninsulated electricity-conducting metal rods anchored to the concrete ceiling; i inferred these were a preserved feature of the original Bauhaus design of the room.

Is there perhaps a proper place in the article Bauhaus for a section on the ways in which the current institution does and doesn't have a relation to the original? --Jerzy (t) 05:08, 2004 Apr 13 (UTC)

Typography was one of the important products (amongst other industrial design and handiworks) of the Bauhaus.

The new school in Dessau (which I visited in 1999) is indeed in the same building, but is an entirely different school from that under Gropius et al in the early 1920's. The new school does offer courses, promote the history and generally springboard off the original school. The building suffered much lack of care, but still has some original fixtures and features, and I gather much work is being done to bring it all back to proper state. There is a website with all the information (Foundation Bauhaus Dessau website) --mgream 09:41, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Though I'm not competent in this area, I thought the material here in Talk needed to be selectively worked into the article. I've edited in some of the above, crediting User:Jerzy in the Edit Summary. --Wetman 05:26, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think this article should at least mention that recently UNESCO declared the city of Tel Aviv, Israel as a World Heritage Site, because it has the largest amount of Bauhaus buildings in the world. Is there anybody with sufficiant knowledge that might add this info?

first principles

Could someone add a clairification of the first principles vs. precident thing? Is the first principles in this context related to First_principles? Thanks!

A Group of Removals & Changes

Die Wohnung

At a Met Museum of Art [page on a Bauhaus work, the fundamental sense of "Wohnung" as "dwelling is translated in this context, despite the fact that "flat" ("apartment") is more familiar and in context also applicable. Other underinformed translations in the article dictate caution in the absence of another professional translation of this exhibition's name. --Jerzy (t) 00:27, 2004 Nov 21 (UTC)

Situationists?

Removed:

The Bauhaus school inspired the International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus which existed from 1953 to 1957.

So what, especially in this context? On Google

"International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus"

has "121 of about 1,020" hits, the top one saying in relevant part

International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus is not available in the medical dictionary.

--Jerzy (t) 00:27, 2004 Nov 21 (UTC)

Joint Factory 718 reference

Is this

An example of Bauhaus-influenced industrial architecture is Beijing's Joint Factory 718, built by East German experts from 1951 to 1957.

significant to Bauhaus? It is almost an orphan within WP, and looks like it was added to Bauhaus mainly to deorphan it.
--Jerzy (t) 00:27, 2004 Nov 21 (UTC)

Nazi era

Could we get a calirfication of the Nazi era impact on the existence of the Bauhaus? The wiki article has the Nazi's as being opposed to the Bauhaus; my understanding was that Mies was opposed to the Nazi's attempt at influencing the Bauhaus, and therefore decided to close the school... Buildthree 03:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The last paragraph in the History section contains the sentence, "Consequently, many Weissenhof architects fled to the Soviet Union, thus strengthening the effect." It is not clear from the context which "effect" was strengthened. Can someone clarify? I'm guessing that it strengthened the perception that the Bauhaus was communist. --Speedarius 18:48, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bauhaus in exile

The dispersal of the Bauhaus by the Nazis sent many in exile to New York, with revolutionizing effects on american design that need to be discussed. --Wetman 09:06, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

There is also an interesting connection between Bauhaus and the Black Mountain School in North Carolina. A lot of the exiles found a home there... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.143.239.78 (talk • contribs) 16:02, 25 September 2006.

I'm a bit wary of this Black Mountain Schools thing- We've got some citable sources talking about the New Bauhaus in Chicago with a lot of the staff and students - doubtless some would have gone to New York, (But we need to know who) - Gropius went to Black Mountain apparently - Where did Mies go? or Breuer? I don't think we can trace everyone who went anywhere and call them all the bauhaus in exile. I'm not saying it's wrong I'm saying I think we should get some conrete citation for it before inclusion. Other than Gropius and Albers was there anyone else who went there --Mcginnly | Natter 17:19, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I saw an exhibition about the Black Mountain College at Kettle's Yard earlier this year [1] which was quite illuminating, and tied in with an exhibition at the Tate on Albers and Moholy-Nagy. As I recall, Albers was the primary influence at Black Mountain - Gropius and Breuer drew up designs for new college buildings, but a cheaper alternative by A. Lawrence Kocher was actually built. There seemed to be quite a strong emphasis on visiting teachers during the summer months, so it is quite likely that Albers drew on his contacts from the Bauhaus for some of those summer teachers, but I can't find a list.

Interesting aside; John Cage is said to have drawn inspiration and courage to publish 4′33″ in response to having seen Robert Rauschenberg's white canvases on one of his summer visits to Black Mountain College. -- Solipsist 18:47, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another connection was apparently Xanti Schawinsky who was a student of Oskar Schlemmer at the Bauhaus, and taught theatre at BMC. - Solipsist 19:00, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is a Breuer chair, exactly?

Just a question for Lockley or anyone who wants to chime in. The reference in the article is to "the Breuer chair". I know practically nothing about this topic, but surely Marcel Breuer designed many different chairs. The only thing that tripped me up was the fact that many of the results on Google point to a chair[2] that is most definitely the same cantilevered design that Stam seems to be known for. Is it one of these other chairs that Breuer is better known for? If so, I think it would be worth pointing out, as anyone who is curious enough to poke around on Google will probably end up similarly confused. HorsePunchKid 22:53, 2005 May 31 (UTC)

Yes, the "Breuer chair" is pop shorthand for just one much-imitated design, as famous as the "Barcelona chair" of Corbusier. A better descriptive mention could surely be found. --Wetman 00:28, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think the Barcelona Chair was Mies - from the Barcelona Pavilion--Mcginnly | Natter 16:59, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've corrected the article from 'Breuer chair' (you're right of course) to 'Wassily Chair', which is more exact and the subject of an existing article. The Wassily Chair is the best-known of Breuer's chair designs and reportedly has been in continuous production for almost 80 years, although I couldn't verify that on the web. cheers --Lockley 21:10, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ah hah! Thanks for clearing that up. It'd be great to find some decent-quality photos for this section of the web page. I'll keep an eye out for relevant furniture... HorsePunchKid 03:44, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)

Some idiot has decided to put in some... 'inaccurate' facts in the article, about various swear words for human excretion. I'm not too sure how to edit pages, so... it could do with fixing.

A quick fix: the well known Barcelona chair with quilted face and criss cross legging is actually a design of Mies van Der Rohe's (final director of Nazi era Bauhaus) for the Barcelona pavilion of the world's fair. Buildthree 03:54, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

adds

in the impact section, there should be mention of the Black Mountain College (b/c so many ex Bauhaus folks taught there & it was kind of the American bauhaus, or at least the next generation in america...) a link could be made to the black mountain college wikipedia article...

also, bayer did more at/for the bauhaus than just head the printing thing. if you could, please add that he was an early student and also a teacher at the bauhaus.

thanks.

could someone provide a pronunciation key? Funkyj 23:37, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where's the NPOV under the politics section? Only "conservative, aristocrats" are militaristic and imperialistic? Granted I reserve such conduct to any brand of Statism, but I think a more NPOV stance would leave the reader to choose how to interpret the facts. As written is too leading and biased.