Gropius

Gropius
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Publisher : Belknap Press
Total Pages : 576
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ISBN-10 : 9780674737853
ISBN-13 : 0674737857
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Gropius by : Fiona MacCarthy

“This is an absolute triumph—ideas, lives, and the dramas of the twentieth century are woven together in a feat of storytelling. A masterpiece.” —Edmund de Waal, ceramic artist and author of The White Road The impact of Walter Gropius can be measured in his buildings—Fagus Factory, Bauhaus Dessau, Pan Am—but no less in his students. I. M. Pei, Paul Rudolph, Anni Albers, Philip Johnson, Fumihiko Maki: countless masters were once disciples at the Bauhaus in Berlin and at Harvard. Between 1910 and 1930, Gropius was at the center of European modernism and avant-garde society glamor, only to be exiled to the antimodernist United Kingdom during the Nazi years. Later, under the democratizing influence of American universities, Gropius became an advocate of public art and cemented a starring role in twentieth-century architecture and design. Fiona MacCarthy challenges the image of Gropius as a doctrinaire architectural rationalist, bringing out the visionary philosophy and courage that carried him through a politically hostile age. Pilloried by Tom Wolfe as inventor of the monolithic high-rise, Gropius is better remembered as inventor of a form of art education that influenced schools worldwide. He viewed argument as intrinsic to creativity. Unusually for one in his position, Gropius encouraged women’s artistic endeavors and sought equal romantic partners. Though a traveler in elite circles, he objected to the cloistering of beauty as “a special privilege for the aesthetically initiated.” Gropius offers a poignant and personal story—and a fascinating reexamination of the urges that drove European and American modernism.

Inventing American Modernism

Inventing American Modernism
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 0813926025
ISBN-13 : 9780813926025
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Inventing American Modernism by : Jill E. Pearlman

"In this book Jill Pearlman argues that Gropius did not effect changes alone and, further, that the Harvard Graduate School of Design was not merely an offshoot of the Bauhaus. - She offers a crucial missing piece to the story - and to the history of modern architecture - by focusing on Joseph Hudnut, the school's dean and founder."--BOOK JACKET.

Walter Gropius, 1883-1969

Walter Gropius, 1883-1969
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Publisher : Taschen
Total Pages : 104
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ISBN-10 : 3822835315
ISBN-13 : 9783822835319
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Walter Gropius, 1883-1969 by : Gilbert Lupfer

Born and educated in Germany, Walter Gropius (1883-1969) belongs to the select group of architects that massively influenced the international development of modern architecture. As the founding director of the Bauhaus, Gropius made inestimable contributions to his field, to the point that knowing his work is crucial to understanding Modernism. His early buildings, such Fagus Boot-Last Factory and the Bauhaus Building in Dessau, with their use of glass and industrial features, are still indispensable points of reference. After his emigration to the United States, he influenced the education of architects there and became, along with Mies van der Rohe, a leading proponent of the International Style.

Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0571295142
ISBN-13 : 9780571295142
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Walter Gropius by : Fiona MacCarthy

Fiona MacCarthy's captivating biography of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius is a 'masterpiece' (Edmund de Waal)

Scope of Total Architecture

Scope of Total Architecture
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9781000530018
ISBN-13 : 1000530019
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Scope of Total Architecture by : Walter Gropius

Originally published in 1956, this book provides a non-technical analysis of contemporary building by on the of the world’s greatest architects. Published a few years after the end of WW2, it was an inspiring and constructive picture of what kind of living could lie ahead for Western industrial society. This book, the result of many year in the forefront of architectural experiment and achievement by the author, outlines in practical terms the road to improved existence through science, mass production in building and renewed emphasis on the individual.

Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius
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Publisher : Birkhäuser
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9783035617436
ISBN-13 : 3035617430
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Walter Gropius by :

As founder of the Bauhaus school, Walter Gropius (1883–1969) is one of the icons of 20the century architecture. While his early buildings in Pomerania were still strongly marked by his teacher Peter Behrens, after an expressionistic phase focused on handicraft, he ultimately arrived at geometric abstraction. During the entire period he collaborated with other architects, founding the collective known as "The Architects Collaborative" in the US. The comprehensive monograph documents all 74 of the known buildings by Gropius that were realized, including many early works which he never publicized; but it also critically examines his unbuilt projects. The book is illustrated with new photographs by the author, historical figures, and with as new plans drawn by the author.

Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius
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Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015029083550
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Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Walter Gropius by : Sigfried Giedion

Presents a biographical and critical study of German architect, teacher, and industrial designer Walter Gropius, founder and leader of the Bauhaus school, sharing details of his personal and professional life.

Wally Gropius

Wally Gropius
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Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages : 66
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ISBN-10 : 9781606993552
ISBN-13 : 1606993550
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Wally Gropius by : Tim Hensley

Superficially resembling 1960s teenage humor comics, Tim Hensley's graphic novelWally Gropius is actually an acute satire of power, celebrityhood, and modern culture that tells the story of the titular character, who bears a closer resemblance to a teenaged Richie Rich or a classmate of Archie Andrews at Riverdale High than he does the famous Bauhaus architect whose name he shares.

The New Architecture and The Bauhaus

The New Architecture and The Bauhaus
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 120
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ISBN-10 : 0262570068
ISBN-13 : 9780262570060
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Architecture and The Bauhaus by : Walter Gropius

One of the most important books on the modernist movement in architecture, written by a founder of the Bauhaus school. One of the most important books on the modern movement in architecture, The New Architecture and The Bauhaus poses some of the fundamental problems presented by the relations of art and industry and considers their possible, practical solution. Gropius traces the rise of the New Architecture and the work of the now famous Bauhaus and, with splendid clarity, calls for a new artist and architect educated to new materials and techniques and directly confronting the requirements of the age.

The Bauhaus Idea and Bauhaus Politics

The Bauhaus Idea and Bauhaus Politics
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Publisher : Central European University Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 1858660122
ISBN-13 : 9781858660127
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bauhaus Idea and Bauhaus Politics by : ?va Forg cs

Art historian Éva Forgács's book is an unusual take on the Bauhaus. She examines the school as shaped by the great forces of history as well as the personal dynamism of its faculty and students. The book focuses on the idea of the Bauhaus - the notion that the artist should be involved in the technological innovations of mechanization and mass production - rather than on its artefacts. Founded in 1919 by the architect Walter Gropius and closed down by the Nazis in 1933, the Bauhaus had to struggle through the years of Weimar Germany not only with its political foes but also with the often-diverging personal ambitions and concepts within its own ranks. It is the inner conflicts and their solutions, the continuous modification of the original Bauhaus idea by politics within and without, that make the history of the school and Forgács's account of it dramatic.