Quotes: 1. What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties... – hamlet 2. Man is born free‚ yet everywhere he is in chains. Rousseau 3. Modern society is rotten even at its roots. Rouseeau 4. Get back to Nature … Noble Savage .. SOCIAL CONTRACT - rouseeau 5. Reason is supreme . Human reason can solve every problem facing humankind. - descartes 6. A work of art is a public dream – frued – Oedipus complex 7. We live in an ordered‚ rational‚ understandable
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criticized its carelessness. From type‚ to layout‚ to ornament‚ to binding – Morris preaches a return to detail and craftsmanship– a microcosmic critique of the changing art scene as a whole (Morris). In Walter Gropius’s “Program of the Staatliche Bauhaus” he explains the way the arts exist in isolation‚ and can be rescued only through conscious cooperative efforts of the craftsman. He
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amalgamation of new technologies and processes and drew from many worldwide influences. However‚ the greatest influence of the movement was the new visual language‚ color and iconography of the avant-garde art world: Cubism‚ Fauvism‚ Futurism‚ De Stijl‚ Bauhaus and Constructivism to name a few. As Helen Appleton Red described the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes‚ "The Exposition marks the coming of age of a new decor...as inevitable
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Futura Book In typography‚ Futura is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed in 1927 by Paul Renner. It is based on geometric shapes that became representative visual elements of the Bauhaus design style of 1919–1933.[1] Commissioned by the Bauer Type Foundry‚ in reaction to Ludwig & Mayer’s seminal Erbar of 1922‚ Futura was commercially released in 1927. The family was originally cast in Light‚ Medium‚ Bold‚ and Bold Oblique fonts in 1928. Light Oblique‚ Medium Oblique‚ Demibold‚ and Demibold
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has always existed‚ it has always been there for artists to express themselves and documents show that it goes back to the late 19th century at least but in my opinion graphic design never became more important and known until the Bauhaus was opened in 1919. The Bauhaus or House of Building was an art school in Germany which pioneered simplistic design and became a style of design itself‚ although it only existed for 14 years. The style is still heavily popular today within examples such as Ikea who
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other Europeans because they already became abstract before them they became liberal with realism Same influence by other Indigenous groups in Americas and Africa Bauhaus Institution that brought architects‚ designers‚ and painters from several countries. In Germany‚ Walter Gropius became first director and made Bauhaus a principle of marriage between engineering and art. Ludwig Mies von der Rohe helped design steel frames with glass This style was good for large apartment and buildings
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In this essay I plan on discussing works by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. I will carry out a concise discussion of the position and views of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe‚ as well as addressing his understanding of architecture. I will also be doing a concise analysis of two exemplary works by Mies. Finally I plan on discussing Mies position in and contribution to the development of Modern movement. The two examples I will be analysing are the Barcelona Pavilion and the Seagram Building. Ludwig Mies van
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Room 505‚ Yat King House‚ Lai King Estate‚ Kwai Chung‚ N.T. Cheung Chin Pang 51689950 (Mobile) superbpang@gmail.com RESUME SUMMARY Latest Position Sales (Bauhaus) Years(s) of Work Experience 2 years Latest Job Function Wholesale Latest Industry Sector Wholesale / Retail Latest Career Level Entry Level Highest Education Attained Degree Authorized to work in Hong Kong Yes Latest Salary HK$25‚000 Expected salary Negotiable Availability
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Synopsis The Netherlands-based De Stijl movement embraced an abstract‚ pared-down aesthetic centred in basic visual elements such as geometric forms and primary colours. Partly a reaction against the decorative excesses of Art Deco‚ the reduced quality of De Stijl art was envisioned by its creators as a universal visual language appropriate to the modern era‚ a time of a new‚ spiritualized world order. Led by the painters Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian - its central and celebrated figures -
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