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This programme consists of studio material relating to the earliest stage of the activity of the Bauhaus in the early 1920's when it was at Weimar. Tim Benton presents. There are parts of an interv...iew between Tim Benton and George Adams, a Bauhaus student at this period. Mr. Adams describes the students and their attitudes towards their work, towards prevailing trends in art such as the movement called 'De Stijl', and towards their tutors, including Itten and Van Doesberg. The studio sequences of the programme enable students to study some rare examples of the artifacts made during the early 20's at Weimar. These include fabrics, silverware and furniture, and product of the pioneering teaching system that made the Bauhaus world famous as a school of the arts and crafts.
This programme consists of studio material relating to the earliest stage of the activity of the Bauhaus in the early 1920's when it was at Weimar. Tim Benton presents. There are parts of an interv...iew between Tim Benton and George Adams, a Bauhaus student at this period. Mr. Adams describes the students and their attitudes towards their work, towards prevailing trends in art such as the movement called 'De Stijl', and towards their tutors, including Itten and Van Doesberg. The studio sequences of the programme enable students to study some rare examples of the artifacts made during the early 20's at Weimar. These include fabrics, silverware and furniture, and product of the pioneering teaching system that made the Bauhaus world famous as a school of the arts and crafts.
| Module code and title: | A305, History of architecture and design 1890-1939 |
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| Item code: | A305; 08 |
| First transmission date: | 03-03-1975 |
| Published: | 1975 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | Edward Hayward |
| Contributors: | George Adams; Tim Benton |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | `De Stijl'; Design education; Furniture |
| Subject terms: | Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Bauhaus; Adams, George |
| Footage description: | Benton introduces the programme, which will look at the early work of the Bauhaus. Adams, a student at the Bauhaus from 1921-23 discusses some of the theories put forward by the staff, and what they were hoping to achieve. Various stills accompany his explanations. In the studio Benton looks at some early work from the design shop - tea sets and textiles pointing out new features and similarities with other movements. Adams considers another Gropius statement on design and industrial production. Shots of 2 Bauhaus cradles by Itten and Keeler. Mass production aspects are looked at by Adams, especially for chair design. Shots of chairs by Rietveld and Breuer. Finally Adams outlines the thinking behind the Haus am Horn? In the studio Benton looks in more detail at the house, using a model and stills to describe its layout, interior design etc. Benton looks in detail at some of the furniture for the house and compares it with later Bauhaus work, such as Breuer's Wassily chair. He discusses various design features. Using a chess set by Hartwig as an example, Benton picks out three factors in Bauhaus design of the period. |
| Master spool number: | HOU0943 |
| Production number: | 00525_3045 |
| Videofinder number: | 1751 |
| Available to public: | no |
