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Bauhaus Weaving Theory
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Author : T'ai Lin Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Bauhaus Weaving Theory written by T'ai Lin Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Art and craft debate categories.
The Bauhaus school has been understood through the writings of its founding director Walter Gropius and several artists who taught there. Far less recognised are texts written by women in the school's weaving workshop. It was here that a modernist theory of weaving emerged - an investigation of its material elements, loom practice, and functional applications. The women harnessed the vocabulary of other disciplines (painting, architecture, or photography) to take a profound step in the recognition of weaving as a medium-specific craft - one that could be compared to and differentiated from others.
Bauhaus Weaving Theory
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Author : T’ai Smith
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2014-11-01
Bauhaus Weaving Theory written by T’ai Smith and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-01 with Art categories.
The Bauhaus school in Germany has long been understood through the writings of its founding director, Walter Gropius, and well-known artists who taught there such as Wassily Kandinsky and László Moholy-Nagy. Far less recognized are texts by women in the school’s weaving workshop. In Bauhaus Weaving Theory, T’ai Smith uncovers new significance in the work the Bauhaus weavers did as writers. From colorful, expressionist tapestries to the invention of soundproofing and light-reflective fabric, the workshop’s innovative creations influenced a modernist theory of weaving. In the first careful examination of the writings of Bauhaus weavers, including Anni Albers, Gunta Stözl, and Otti Berger, Smith details how these women challenged assumptions about the feminine nature of their craft. As they harnessed the vocabulary of other disciplines like painting, architecture, and photography, Smith argues, the weavers resisted modernist thinking about distinct media. In parsing texts about tapestries and functional textiles, the vital role these women played in debates about medium in the twentieth century and a nuanced history of the Bauhaus comes to light. Bauhaus Weaving Theory deftly reframes the Bauhaus weaving workshop as central to theoretical inquiry at the school. Putting questions of how value and legitimacy are established in the art world into dialogue with the limits of modernism, Smith confronts the belief that the crafts are manual and technical but never intellectual arts.
On Weaving
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Author : Anni Albers
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2003-01-01
On Weaving written by Anni Albers and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
This survey of textile fundamentals and methods, written by the foremost textile artist of the 20th century, covers hand weaving and the loom, fundamental construction and draft notation, modified and composite weaves, early techniques of thread interlacing, interrelation of fiber and construction, tactile sensibility, and design. 9 color illustrations. 112 black-and-white plates.
Bauhaus Textiles
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Author : Sigrid Weltge-Wortmann
language : en
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Release Date : 1998
Bauhaus Textiles written by Sigrid Weltge-Wortmann and has been published by Thames & Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Design categories.
When talented female students arrived to study at the Bauhaus, they soon discovered that the founder of the school, Walter Gropius, was not strictly adhering to his original declaration of equality between men and women. In the hierarchy of art and design, it was textiles that were deemed to be 'women's work'. Nevertheless, the new weavers responded to the challenge with remarkable virtuosity, pouring all their artistic energy and talent into this new field of interest. Eagerly embracing advanced technology, they incorporated new or unusual materials (such as Cellophane, leather and early synthetics), creating reversible fabrics which had acoustic and light-reflecting properties. They produced multi-layered cloths, some with double and triple weaves, and later mode extensive use of the jacquard loom. The result was a rebirth of hand-weaving and a new professionalism in designing textiles for mass production. In this model study, superbly illustrated with rare or little seen photographs of the works themselves, Sigrid Wortmann Weltge recreates the atmosphere of creative excitement at the Bauhaus. Original archival research and interviews with survivors and their students, as well as with leading contemporary designers, detail the workshop's history and its enduring legacy : marvellous fabrics still being produced today. Bauhaus Textiles unearths the missing chapter in the story of the most important institution in the history of modern design.
On Weaving
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Author : Anni Albers
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-24
On Weaving written by Anni Albers and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-24 with Art categories.
The classic book on the art and history of weaving—now expanded and in full color Written by one of the twentieth century’s leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving, its history, its tools and techniques, and its implications for modern design. First published in 1965, On Weaving bridges the transition between handcraft and the machine-made, highlighting the essential importance of material awareness and the creative leaps that can occur when design problems are tackled by hand. With her focus on materials and handlooms, Anni Albers discusses how technology and mass production place limits on creativity and problem solving, and makes the case for a renewed embrace of human ingenuity that is particularly important today. Her lucid and engaging prose is illustrated with a wealth of rare and extraordinary images showing the history of the medium, from hand-drawn diagrams and close-ups of pre-Columbian textiles to material studies with corn, paper, and the typewriter, as well as illuminating examples of her own work. Now available for a new generation of readers, this expanded edition of On Weaving updates the book’s original black-and-white illustrations with full-color photos, and features an afterword by Nicholas Fox Weber and essays by Manuel Cirauqui and T’ai Smith that shed critical light on Albers and her career.
The Gendered World Of The Bauhaus
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Author : Anja Baumhoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Gendered World Of The Bauhaus written by Anja Baumhoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
Enth. u.a.: S. 150-155: The female circle versus the male square: order and art in the thinking of Johannes Itten. - S. 155-163: The role of sexuality in the thinking of Paul Klee: "Genius is switching on energy, sperm."
Weaving Modernism
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Author : K. L. H. Wells
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-01
Weaving Modernism written by K. L. H. Wells and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-01 with Art categories.
An unprecedented study that reveals tapestry's role as a modernist medium and a model for the movement's discourse on both sides of the Atlantic in the decades following World War II
A Theory Of Craft
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Author : Howard Risatti
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2009-12
A Theory Of Craft written by Howard Risatti and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12 with Art categories.
What is craft? How is it different from fine art or design? In A Theory of Craft, Howard Risatti examines these issues by comparing handmade ceramics, glass, metalwork, weaving, and furniture to painting, sculpture, photography, and machine-made design from Bauhaus to the Memphis Group. He describes craft's unique qualities as functionality combined with an ability to express human values that transcend temporal, spatial, and social boundaries. Modern design today has taken over from craft the making of functional objects of daily use by employing machines to do work once done by hand. Understanding the aesthetic and social implications of this transformation forces us to see craft as well as design and fine art in a new perspective, Risatti argues. Without a way of understanding and valuing craft on its own terms, the field languishes aesthetically, being judged by fine art criteria that automatically deny art status to craft objects. Craft must articulate a role for itself in contemporary society, says Risatti; otherwise it will be absorbed by fine art or design and its singular approach to understanding the world will be lost. A Theory of Craft is a signal contribution to establishing a craft theory that recognizes, defines, and celebrates the unique blend of function and human aesthetic values embodied in the craft object.
Gunta St Lzl
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Author : Gunta Stölzl
language : en
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Release Date : 2009
Gunta St Lzl written by Gunta Stölzl and has been published by The Museum of Modern Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
to many surprising discoveries and provides a vivid portrait of Gunta Stolzl as both an individual and an artist." --Book Jacket.
Anni And Josef Albers
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Author : Anni Albers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Anni And Josef Albers written by Anni Albers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
Featuring excerpts from letters and manuscripts by Anni and Josef Albers, this catalogue is the first to document and study the influence of Central and South America on the work of this artistic couple.