Talk:Bauhaus
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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 claire 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 (http://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/)) --mgream 09:41, 3 Jul 2004 (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?
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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 (http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/viewone.asp?dep=21&viewmode=0&item=1980.351), 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 (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/International+movement+for+an+imaginist+Bauhaus) 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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Dashanzi_Art_District).
--Jerzy(t) 00:27, 2004 Nov 21 (UTC)
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)
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[1] (http://www.breuerchair.com/) that is most definitely the same cantilevered design that Stam seems to be known for. Is it one of these (http://www.r20thcentury.com/bios/designer.cfm?article_id=39) 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'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)
