The Bauhaus Syllabus, 1922/23. Teaching starts in the first year with a preliminary basic or foundat
The Bauhaus Syllabus, 1922/23. Teaching starts in the first year with a preliminary basic or foundation course, named “Vorlehre”, initiated by Johannes Itten: studies of form materials and matter, in preliminary workshops, called “Vorwerkstatt”. Lots of experimenting.In the next two years it is all about colours, composition, space, shape, construction, materials & tools, about fabrics, substances and last not least … nature. Then you choose which material way is the best for your skills: Working with glass, color, textile fabrics, metal, wood or stone. Final target is the construction site “Bauplatz”, focused on design and engineering.The basic Bauhaus educational principles wereStudy, not ArtPractice before Theory Learning by DoingPhoto: Courtesy of Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin. -- source link
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