UID:
kobvindex_INT0005135
Format:
152 pages
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richly illustrated (black and white and colour)
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30 x 21.5 cm
ISBN:
9783940064684
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3940064688
ISSN:
2191-5105
Series Statement:
Bauhaus : die Zeitschrift der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau ; 05
Content:
"Bauhaus and tropics? At first, this may sound rather abstruse. In our understanding, the legendary school's international sphere of influence extends from the industrialised countries of the northern hemisphere to the United States, and from Europe to Israel and Japan. This much we know. But our research for this magazine rapidly revealed that the Bauhaus trail also leads to Latin America, Africa or the Asian region, where there was an interest in modernism's inherent promise of emancipation. At the same time, for the Bauhauslers the tropics were a source of inspiration, a longed-for place that stimulated their work [...]."
Content:
"The fifth issue of Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau's new periodical focuses on the role of the tropics as an ideal of modernism. Torsten Blume explores aspects of nudity in modernism, Zvi Efrat writes about Arieh Sharon's 'tropical architecture' in Nigeria, Brenda Danilowitz proves the influence of pre-Colombian art on Anni Alber's work with textiles, Carola Ebert and Stefan Locke offer a cultural history of the bungalow as a global architectural phenomenon, Regina Bittner describes the transcultural exchange between Indian and European modernism and Marion von Osten analyses the insidious propaganda used by the Nazis to discredit the Weißenhof settlement in Stuttgart as an Arab village. Also includes articles on information design after Otto Neurath, Erich Borchert and his fate in Moscow and love affairs at the studio complex in Dessau."
Note:
SPECIAL CONTENTS NOTE: includes the chapter "Ein Haus für die Welt : von der bengalischen Bauernhütte zum globalen Phänomen = A house for the world : from a Bengali peasant's hut to global phenomenon" by Carola Ebert and Stefan Locke, pages 54-59
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LANGUAGE NOTE: text in German and English
Language:
German
Keywords:
Edited volumes
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Periodicals
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