Albers and Mohloly-Nagy : From the Bauhaus to the New World

By:

Borchardt-Hume, Achim [Editor]

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: North America : Yale University Press, 2006Description: 190p., illustrated, 24cmx28cmDDC classification:

CA2006/01

Summary: 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.

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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.

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