Bauhaus
Bauhaus
Herbet Bayer, Universal Bayer, 1925, (Foundation, 2017).
In anxieties about the soullessness of manufacturing and its products, and in fears about art's loss of purpose in society. Creativity and manufacturing were drifting apart, and the Bauhaus aimed to unite them once again, rejuvenating design for everyday life (Foundation, 2017) This design employs a minimal, sans-serf typeface. Instead of having two alphabets, one uppercase and one lowercase, Bayer reduced the typeface to only lowercase letters(Foundation, 2017).
Joseph Albers, Homage to the Square: Dissolving/Vanishing, 1951, (Foundation, 2017)
Joseph Albers was one of the Bauhaus's contemporary artists. This artwork demonstrates Albers systematic approach to investigating the optical effects of colors. Albers explored how colors change depending on their placement within the composition. Although the series was created several years after the Bauhaus movement, the work is typical of the experimental, modernist approach to form and color that underpinned Bauhaus teaching (Foundation, 2017).
Sources consulted
Foundation, T. A. S., 2017. Bauhaus. [Online]
Available at: http://www.theartstory.org/movement-bauhaus.htm
[Accessed 04 September]
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