Teaching and Learning at the Bauhaus

Exploring the founding principles, pedagogy, and educational experience of the Bauhaus

Teaching and Learning at the Bauhaus

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A blue triangle in a yellow circle and a red triangle in an orange circle intersect to create different shades and tints of the colors.

Durchdringung (Penetration) for Paul Klee’s Course, ca. 1925–1932, Léna Bergner © Heirs of Léna Bergner

By James Cuno

Oct 2, 2019 46:29 min

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This episode commemorates the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Bauhaus, the influential school founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany.

Revered for its experimental art and design curriculum, the Bauhaus sought to erode distinctions among crafts, the fine arts, and architecture through study centered on practical experience and a variety of traditional and experimental media. Two exhibitions from the Getty, one of which is online, explore the Bauhaus curriculum from the point of view of the instructors and students, largely through pedagogical exercises, notebooks, and images.

In this episode, Getty curator Maristella Casciato, research assistant Gary Fox, and head of web and new media at the Getty Research Institute Liz McDermott discuss these exhibitions, Bauhaus Beginnings and Bauhaus: Building the New Artist.

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Bauhaus Beginnings and Bauhaus: Building the New Artist exhibitions

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