Who doesn't love the Bauhaus experiment that showed that heavy, ornamental design could be replaced by the efficient, sleek utility of furniture made of industrial materials - and the usefulness of mass-production.
Some pages from my sketchbook re: the Bauhaus school
Bauhaus in Chemnitz
I don't like to use rulers, since they just highlight my lack of perspective even more than my free-handed drawings, but here's a sketch I drew of the school.
[source: Wikipedia]
"The Bauhaus, or 'house of building,' showed us what it meant to be modern. In art, that meant a departure from realism into the realm of abstract paintings and sculpture, but it also meant a departure from bourgeois excess, having comfortable furniture with clean lines, and elegant, efficient, and inexpensive surroundings. At the Bauhaus, art and industry were not necessarily enemies - art could make eloquent use of industrial materials and industrial materials, down to kitchen utensils and teapots, ash trays and lighting fixtures, could be as beautiful and elegant as works of art - in fact, were works of art."
Lloyd Schwartz for NPR
Oskar Schlemmer. Bauhaus Stairway. 1932. Oil on canvas. 63 7/8 x 45" (162.3 x 114.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Philip Johnson. © 2009 Estate of Oskar Schlemmer, Munich/Germany
[source: Wikipedia]
"The Bauhaus, or 'house of building,' showed us what it meant to be modern. In art, that meant a departure from realism into the realm of abstract paintings and sculpture, but it also meant a departure from bourgeois excess, having comfortable furniture with clean lines, and elegant, efficient, and inexpensive surroundings. At the Bauhaus, art and industry were not necessarily enemies - art could make eloquent use of industrial materials and industrial materials, down to kitchen utensils and teapots, ash trays and lighting fixtures, could be as beautiful and elegant as works of art - in fact, were works of art."
Lloyd Schwartz for NPR
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