The Bauhaus was created by Walter Gropius in 1919, just
after the end of the First World War, and was founded in the city of Weimar in
Germany. Walter Gropius was a German architect and was a visionary, wanting to
create and inspire. His main objective of the Bauhaus School was seen as crazy
at the time; to combine all the arts into material design. In other words, the entire sector of design
expanded from that point onwards in history. Gropius explained his thoughts for
his genius thoughts and ideas and was effectively combining architecture,
sculpture and painting into a single expression. With this in mind he created a
curriculum so crafted and well-thought out that artists and designers were able
to learn and create areas of both art and design. This led to many different and varied
creations in the industry. Herbert Bayer
Herbert Bayer created many masterpieces with the intention
of making them simple yet aesthetically pleasing. This particular image I enjoy
looking at because of its colour scheme and how it excels in the simplicity of
itself. The first thing you see in this image is that the page is on a slant, which
is not unusual considering the world had seen the rise of slanted designs
before, such as Jan Tschichold’s work in the Swiss graphic design sector. The slant of this poster is not even a major difference to
the readability or look of the poster, and adds quirkiness to this piece of
work. Most slanted works are hard to read and require some head-turning, but
this certain way needs no movement. The text is all in a sans serif font and if
it were in English would have been easy to read, as it stands out in the centre
of the page. The small thumbnail photo in the corner is a very nice addition to
the page and gives it a more approachable feel. Something else I noticed in
this design was that there were many orange/red rectangles all over the page, highlighting
text and gaining attraction in certain places. The colour scheme of this poster
is orange, black and a papyrus colour and texture that was very popular in the
early to mid-20th century. This is, in my opinion, a great choice of
colours and it worked tremendously well.
Naum Gabo
Naum Gabo, or his birth name Naum Neemia Pevsner was a well-known
Russian sculptor and was involved in the Constructivism movement in the 20th
century. He was also a pioneer of Kinetic Art, a form of art that contains
movement that can be seen by the viewer or looks like it is in a fixed state of
motion. He was born in August in 1980 in Bryansk, Russia. He began as an
engineer instead of an artist, and this led to many new and interesting designs
in the art world. He was the first sculptor to ever use translucent materials
and to create great abstract creations to incorporate space in a positive way.
Along with Constructivism, he was associated with many other art movements,
such as Cubism, Futurism, Abstraction-Creation and Bauhaus. He made countless creations and a lot of his
work can be seen at the Tate Gallery in London. His most famous work goes by
the names of Constructed Head No.2, Head of a Woman and Translucent Variation
on Spheric Theme, and many more.
I really like this piece of work of his, as it looks really abstract and well-created, and in some perspective looks almost space-like. It is called ‘Linear Construction No.2’ and was formed together using plastic and nylon threads. It exists in more than twenty versions, and differ in hanging or standing in a room. It is said to be one of Gabo’s favourite works and perhaps this is the reason why I enjoy looking at is so much. I noticed the reason why it feels space-like is because of its three-dimensional look, as this was created by placing the stringing in certain areas. As it gets closer to the centre of the sculpture, the entire object looks more and more packed with string and plastic, making it look very calm on the outside.
Johannes Itten was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher and much more. He was associated with the Bauhaus school, as he and Lyonel Feininger worked under the direction of Walter Gropius within the Bauhaus school. He was appointed as one of the first masters at the Bauhaus school in 1919, and until 1922, he was both director of the preliminary course and master of form of many workshops. He was an important pillar in the Bauhaus art movement, as he promoted the Mazdanan cult, which spread over religions and many philosophies. He left the Bauhaus in March 1923 after difference of opinion with Gropius.
Johannes Itten's colour wheel is a very important piece of work contributing to his collection, and is also the first thing that caught my eye as I searched for Johannes Itten's pieces of work. After researching I found that Johannes Itten was one of the first few people to define and figure out the best colour combinations. This led to many great colour schemes, which led to many great designs. The way he created this technique was by creating a geometrical representation of 12 different shades of colours. He based these colours of the three min colours, which are blue, red and yellow. He would then create another colour by mixing the first two primary colours together, creating a secondary colour. From mixing red with yellow, red with blue and blue with yellow, he was able to create three different secondary colours.
I really like this piece of work of his, as it looks really abstract and well-created, and in some perspective looks almost space-like. It is called ‘Linear Construction No.2’ and was formed together using plastic and nylon threads. It exists in more than twenty versions, and differ in hanging or standing in a room. It is said to be one of Gabo’s favourite works and perhaps this is the reason why I enjoy looking at is so much. I noticed the reason why it feels space-like is because of its three-dimensional look, as this was created by placing the stringing in certain areas. As it gets closer to the centre of the sculpture, the entire object looks more and more packed with string and plastic, making it look very calm on the outside. Johannes Itten
Johannes Itten was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher and much more. He was associated with the Bauhaus school, as he and Lyonel Feininger worked under the direction of Walter Gropius within the Bauhaus school. He was appointed as one of the first masters at the Bauhaus school in 1919, and until 1922, he was both director of the preliminary course and master of form of many workshops. He was an important pillar in the Bauhaus art movement, as he promoted the Mazdanan cult, which spread over religions and many philosophies. He left the Bauhaus in March 1923 after difference of opinion with Gropius.
Johannes Itten's colour wheel is a very important piece of work contributing to his collection, and is also the first thing that caught my eye as I searched for Johannes Itten's pieces of work. After researching I found that Johannes Itten was one of the first few people to define and figure out the best colour combinations. This led to many great colour schemes, which led to many great designs. The way he created this technique was by creating a geometrical representation of 12 different shades of colours. He based these colours of the three min colours, which are blue, red and yellow. He would then create another colour by mixing the first two primary colours together, creating a secondary colour. From mixing red with yellow, red with blue and blue with yellow, he was able to create three different secondary colours. Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Feininger was a famous American-German painter and a
fundamental key to the Expressionist art movement. He was also very good at
illustrating and doing things such as caricaturing and drawing comic strips. He
was born in July in 1871 and was born in New York City, where he spent his
early life until he was 16, when he left for Germany to study and practice his
art, so he could achieve his ambition. In 1894 he began his working career as a
cartoonist and was greeted with a lot of success. He was a well-known
caricaturist and worked for magazines, newspapers and many types of publications
which alternated between America and Germany. When he turned 36 he started
looking at other options in the art field, and found he enjoyed spending time
as a fine artist. As well as fine art, he had also produced many photographs to
which he kept close by and showed only to his friends. On top of being a fine
artist, photographer, cartoonist and caricaturist, he was also a pianist and
composer and had made several compositions. He also did some work for Bauhaus
and worked at the school for a number of years.
Lyonel Feininger’s paintings were usually in the geometric
style and had many jagged edges of different shapes all over the painting. Many
of the buildings in his paintings are usually made up of triangles and the top
of the houses usually look very sharp. I really like this style of painting as
it differed a lot from traditional fine art painting, and went for something
new and completely different. In this particular painting, you get the sense
you are looking at a house through a street with houses on the side. The house
on the end looks very small compared the houses on the side, but that could
just be perspective. The colours used in this painting have been picked very well,
as it gives off the feeling that it was painted to look like it was at night,
or in the late evening. The dark blue and the turquoise colour at the top make
the painting feel as if it is portraying night. Something else that proves this
painting is set in the dark is how on the right there is a yellowish tinge
radiating the area around it. I think this is a lantern and it is glowing and
lighting up everything around it. This painting is very grainy and I this
effect goes quite well with this painting, as this is one of the ways you can
see a clear difference in shapes.
Lyonel Feininger’s paintings were usually in the geometric
style and had many jagged edges of different shapes all over the painting. Many
of the buildings in his paintings are usually made up of triangles and the top
of the houses usually look very sharp. I really like this style of painting as
it differed a lot from traditional fine art painting, and went for something
new and completely different. In this particular painting, you get the sense
you are looking at a house through a street with houses on the side. The house
on the end looks very small compared the houses on the side, but that could
just be perspective. The colours used in this painting have been picked very well,
as it gives off the feeling that it was painted to look like it was at night,
or in the late evening. The dark blue and the turquoise colour at the top make
the painting feel as if it is portraying night. Something else that proves this
painting is set in the dark is how on the right there is a yellowish tinge
radiating the area around it. I think this is a lantern and it is glowing and
lighting up everything around it. This painting is very grainy and I this
effect goes quite well with this painting, as this is one of the ways you can
see a clear difference in shapes. 