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The Bauhaus Archiv Museum of Design in Berlin holds the most important collection on the Bauhaus today. Documents, workshop products from all areas of design, studies sketches in the classroom, and architectural plans and models are all part of its comprehensive inventory. The Bauhaus Archiv is dedicated to the study and presentation of the history of the Bauhaus, including the new Bauhaus in Chicago and the Hochschule für Gestaltung (Institute of Design) in Ulm.

This book, drawn from the Archiv's extensive collection, traces this monumental movement in art and architecture via the work of its most important proponents, including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Vassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee.

About the author:
Magdalena Droste studied art history and literature in Aachen and Marburg. She has worked at the Bauhaus Archiv in Berlin since 1980. She has contributed to numerous exhibitions and publications an Bauhaus artists and has also written a number of essays on the furniture and textile workshops at the Bauhaus and on arts and crafts as a woman's profession.
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Bauhaus
TASCHEN 25 - Special Price

Bauhaus

Droste, Prof. Dr. Magdalena / Bauhaus-Archiv
Hardcover, 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 256 pages
$ 14.99
ISBN: 978-3-8228-5002-2
Edition: English
Availability: March 2010
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"Das Buch Bauhaus von Magdalena Droste von TASCHEN vermittelt kompakt und zu günstigem Preis einen ersten Überblick über den theoretischen Ansatz des Bauhauses und dem damit verbundenen Design- und Kunstverständnis des 20. Jahrhunderts. Kurz und prägnant beleuchtet die Professorin für Kunstgeschichte der Technischen Universität Cottbus den Aufbau und die Geschichte des Bauhauses ... Die Besonderheit des Bandes ergibt sich vor allem aus der vielseitigen und interessanten Bebilderung durch Skizzen und Fotos unterschiedlicher Quellen."
Casa Deco, München, Germany
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