Albers and Mohloly-Nagy : From the Bauhaus to the New World
Borchardt-Hume, Achim [Editor]
Albers and Mohloly-Nagy : From the Bauhaus to the New World - North America : Yale University Press, 2006 - 190p., illustrated, 24cmx28cm
This beautifully illustrated book highlights the contrasts and correspondences in the lives and work of two of Modernism's greatest pioneers .Josef Albers (1888-1976) and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy(1895-1947). Though the careers of these artists overlapped for less than five years,when both taught at the Bauhaus in Germany ,their creatiev visions shared a number of concerns ,including an emphasis on experimentation ,the subversion of traditional boundaries between high and applied art,and a Utopian belief in art as a force for positive change.
CA2006/01
Albers and Mohloly-Nagy : From the Bauhaus to the New World - North America : Yale University Press, 2006 - 190p., illustrated, 24cmx28cm
This beautifully illustrated book highlights the contrasts and correspondences in the lives and work of two of Modernism's greatest pioneers .Josef Albers (1888-1976) and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy(1895-1947). Though the careers of these artists overlapped for less than five years,when both taught at the Bauhaus in Germany ,their creatiev visions shared a number of concerns ,including an emphasis on experimentation ,the subversion of traditional boundaries between high and applied art,and a Utopian belief in art as a force for positive change.
CA2006/01