Essays on Bauhaus

In 1886, the German Modernist architect, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe also known by his name as ‘Mies van der Rohe’ pioneered the functional designs in building construction based on utilitarian purposes such as creating new spaces for modern lifestyles. One of his notable projects such as 860-880 Lake Shore Apartments (1949) and the Riehl House (1907) both had endured the advent of modernism and still functional and widely regarded as the relics of the past even in the post-modernism. The drastic changes brought by the Bauhaus Movement of the 20th century, the building style shifted from opulent homes ...

The 19th-century architecture was significantly affected by architectural movement and exotic foreign styles which resulted from the new technology of the modern age (Idriss 15). Various architects used different engineering methods and materials to realize the construction of most outstanding buildings in the era. The leading types of 19th-century architectural styles include; Gothic revival (1836-1870), and Richardson Marsha field (1885). The 19th-century architecture is characterized by the development of a variety of historical styles and introduction of new materials and structural methods. These architects also embraced traditional styles of architecture in the construction of their buildings. As a result ...

Bauhaus and Vkhutemas: The Two Schools of Radical Design

The Modern period began in in the late 1900s with the spur of rapid industrialization that continued to swept West from its traditional labor force to a giant super power economy fueled by capitalist merchants who popularized the use of machines in order to produce more goods for the public. The term modernization has been coined throughout history to mark the beginning of the society's grand transition into highly globalized economy providing equal opportunities for the people. In this age, the Modern artists tried to create new architectural styles that abandoned the traditional notion of hierarchy especially the favor ...

Egyptian Revival and Bauhaus

(History of Design Object) (Word Count) Ancient Egypt is one of the four ancient civilizations of the world and is also recognized as the oldest kingdom on the Earth. There are a number of alluring attractions in Egypt including the Pyramids on the Valley of the Kings and the well-known Great Sphinx. Those internationally renowned historical sites were constructed during the era of ancient Egyptian civilization extended from the first waterfall of Nile River to the Delta area. This civilization continued from the Tasa Culture (5000 BC) till the Arab conquest of Egypt (614 AD). The culture of ancient ...

Introduction: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligart

“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligart” is German horror movie that was made in 1920 and stands out as an exceptional work of the German expressionist ideology based cinematic art. The theme of the movie is a psychological genre based murder mystery where the antagonist used a somnambulist to conduct homicides on his command by hypnotizing him. Ths essay deals with the other aspects of the movie concerning its generalized opinion , time and era in which it is set, its characters and genre, and the impact of major art movements like Bauhaus and Dada on the cinematic art depicted via ...

What is Modernism? How and why this style gained popularity amongst the nations around the world? What does Modernism emphasized that other art movements lacked? One of the pioneers of the Modernist movement was the French architect Le Corbusier when he designed buildings that mimic the simplistic classical Greco-Roman architecture whose colors were limited to monochrome pigments (Goldhagen 145). In his book, Towards New Architecture, he argued that structures such as buildings and houses were meant to shelter as well as to protect the people living inside. Using this fundamental principle, Le Corbusier attacked the lavish and non-functional designs ...

Modernism in architecture is the most important new style and design of architecture that is associated with a logical approach to the function of buildings, a strictly balanced use of new materials, openness to architectural modernism, and the elimination of ornaments. The development of modernism in architecture could be traced back to the middle of the nineteenth century through the advent of the Bauhaus. The nineteenth century was a long period in the history of architecture because of which it is called the long 19th century. In this era, art and architecture were used in the old style that ...

In the 19th century, there was a revolution in architecture, which was highly influenced by the exotic foreign styles as well as earlier architectural movements. The two factors were adapted to the new technologies of the early modernist architecture age. The prominent figures of the architectural movements came up with the idea of modernism to mitigate social problems that urban population who were living in poverty and slum clearance had. However, some of the modernist planning did not cater and reflect the social dynamics of the large community. As a result, in the seventies, many modernist buildings were pulled ...

When discussing Bauhaus and Vkhutemas, it is observed that Vkhutemasis the lesser known of the two. However, both were an experiment, artistically and socially and called for more attention. Reasoning encourages creativity, and the two schools - Bauhaus in Weimar and the Vkhutemas in Moscow started the ritual of basic design education in the early 1920s.Vkhutemas was established with the merging of fine arts and applied arts, just like the Bauhaus. This was a time when the academy of fine arts was not looking for intellectually or practically desirable areas of art. It would be interesting to see if ...

Designed by Joseph Paxman in 1851 to accommodate the Great Exhibition that features the technological and cultural advancement from different parts of the world for the enjoyment of the English people (Phillips 14). The architecture of The Crystal Palace was dubbed as the “modern English” since the structure was an unusually simple and the lack of ornamentation, the unity, and functionality of the designs reinforce and stabilized the entire glass roofs and walls covering it and allowing the rays of the sunlight to penetrate within the building (Phillips 24-25). The whole building was also a rejection of traditional materials ...

Introduction

Bauhaus was a movement that began as a school in Germany that put together crafts and the fine arts. This movement was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. What he had in mind that any construction or craft, or building, was to be considered as a complete work of art. During the span of time that this approach was used in teaching, the movement flourished in three cities: in Weimar from 1919 to 1925, Dessau from 1925 to 1932, and in Berlin from 1932 to 1933. The Bauhaus tradition is said to be characterized by modernism, which is said ...

Do you think design theory and critical thinking is relevant to design? Why?

Every practical activity needs to be underpinned by theory. Design consists of many aspects. Design theory is also a basis for the design itself. That is why design theory and critical thinking is relevant to design. First, design theory is a core amount of knowledge that piled for many centuries. The views and visions of hundreds of styles and stories, the experience of thousands of masters were put together for the next generations to evaluate, think and create something new. It is worth to say that design is a sum of talent, personal vision, and theory of current style ...

Brainstorming is a great concept and idea that generates important artistic works displaying different themes and messages. It has impacted other sectors positively, as well. Brainstorming in art has been used not only in the process of generating and creating an artistic work, but also in interpreting a finished artistic work. Brainstorming provides a good environment under which new ideas and broad interpretations of artistic features and products are presented.

Creativity and innovation are the most important in the field of art, and through brainstorming it has made the field revolutionize and come up with new ideas and concepts that have put ...

Artist of OP Art

Artist of OP Art

Introduction

Op art refers to the artwork that involves the paintings and sculptures based upon illusion. It is described as an “Optical Art” that revolves around movements and directly attacks an eye. It uses optics and by having an immense use of disorientating and optical effects, the paintings are finalized by using brilliant colors, geometrical shapes, and different patterns. OP art is mainly an abstract art in which forms, lines, and space play a major role of bringing out a painting of ambiguous nature. In other and simple words, an op art is an illusion of movement meaning ...

Art and architecture:

The movement of modernism is a movement that has been associated with the transformation of the western societies through development of industrial societies that then resulted to the development of cities. It is a movement that was conceived through the need to develop after the catastrophic events of the world wars. One of the main factors that the modernism has influenced is the aspect of architecture. The movement was developed as a way to reject and relinquish the traditional procedures of planning and adopting better and new methods that are capable of improving the social condition of people. The movement first ...

Russian Constructivism was founded by VladmirTatlin as a new interdisciplinary movement. Its name was coined from Tatlin’s construction of abstract sculptures (Fleming, 2009). The movement entailed the Russian Avant-garde and was in action from 1913 to the 1940’s. It came in as an artistic and architectural philosophy, a diversion from the idea of autonomous art. It favored art as a practice for social purposes and had a great impact on modern art movements of the 20th century, where great movements such as Bauhaus and De Stijl have borrowed a great deal from it (Cracarft, 2003). Its effect was omnipresent with great impacts ...

Research Paper, for Arts Class

Art Deco is an ancient design and decoration style that emerged at the end of the nineteenth century. The design style succeeded Art Nouveau. After its emergence and adoption, the style reached a peak during the first and the Second World War (1918 to 1940). The First World War is documented as the mark of the conception and adoption of the style and is commonly referred to as the Art Deco era (Cook& Klotz, 1993). Subsequently, the name Art Deco was derived during a later time characterized by the events of the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels which took place ...

The modern Gothic subculture has emerged in the time period between the late seventies and the early eighties as a new medium for self-expression through the new genre of music, art, fashion and literature. The term “gothic” was initially used to describe the mysterious and dark literature that used the medieval gothic setting for the horror story-telling (Online Etymology Dictionary). Today the gothic subculture does not have a particular set of prerequisites for their members to be considered Goths. As “gothic” can be referred to the style of music, art, literature and fashion, high chances are that the members of the ...

The application of art and design theories in the modern world is an exciting effort that many people have learned to embrace as artists are able to come up with brilliant ideas of designing items that are not only physically appealing but also represent a graphical illustration of the real world. This requires a carefully executed learning process so as to equip the artist with skills and knowledge on various sectors of art and design techniques. This calls for a design foundation courses that introduce the student to the field of art and design before joining the college so that the student ...

It is asserted that I Phones are better than Androids in terms of efficiency, entertainment and comfort. This is emphasized by the affirmation of the fact that Android phones are very different from iPhones and that iPhones feature a touch screen display. In addition, android phones have a built in MP3 music player which enables the user to download music as well as save it in its memory without the use of a memory card reader. (Straw man)The implication of this is that android phones are better than I Phones in the market world due to the stated features that they ...