Teaching at the Bauhaus, Hatje Cantz, 1999

by Rainer Wick (Author), Gabriele D. Grawe (Author)
‘Within the space of only 14 years, the Bauhaus set the course of modern design. This is the account of the main pedagogical concepts behind the work of this art school. Analytical essays illuminate the various approaches of staff members in the Bauhaus, which included Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Itten, Moholy-Nagy, Kandinsky and Klee. Additional chapters of this reference work investigate the pre-history of the Bauhaus and its predecessors in matters of art training, outling the the development of the institution from 1919 to 1933.’

Contents:
Pedagogy at the Bauhaus: a “Phantom theme”?
The background of the ideas and social history of the Bauhaus
The history of the Bauhaus
The fundamentals of Bauhaus pedagogy: premises, parallels, trends
Johannes Itten (1888-1967)
László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)
Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943)
Joost Schmidt (1893-1948)
Preliminary remarks on the reception of the Bauhaus in Germany
Continuity and transformation: Bauhaus pedagogy in North America.