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bauhaus
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1923, from German Bauhaus, literally "architecture-house;" school of design founded in Weimar, Germany, 1919 by Walter Gropius (1883-1969), later extended to the principles it embodied. First element is bau "building, construction, structure," from Old High German buan "to dwell" (see bound (adj.2)). For second element, see house (n.).
Wikipedia
Staatliches Bauhaus , commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was an art school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicised and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time, the German term —literally "construction house"—was understood as meaning "School of Building".
The Bauhaus was first founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. In spite of its name and the fact that its founder was an architect, the Bauhaus, during the first years of existence, did not have an architecture department. Nonetheless, it was founded with the idea of creating a "total" work of art ( Gesamtkunstwerk) in which all arts, including architecture, would eventually be brought together. The Bauhaus style later became one of the most influential currents in modern design, Modernist architecture and art, design and architectural education. The Bauhaus had a profound influence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography.
The school existed in three German cities: Weimar from 1919 to 1925, Dessau from 1925 to 1932 and Berlin from 1932 to 1933, under three different architect-directors: Walter Gropius from 1919 to 1928, Hannes Meyer from 1928 to 1930 and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe from 1930 until 1933, when the school was closed by its own leadership under pressure from the Nazi regime, having been painted as a centre of communist intellectualism. Although the school was closed, the staff continued to spread its idealistic precepts as they left Germany and emigrated all over the world.
The changes of venue and leadership resulted in a constant shifting of focus, technique, instructors, and politics. For instance: the pottery shop was discontinued when the school moved from Weimar to Dessau, even though it had been an important revenue source; when Mies van der Rohe took over the school in 1930, he transformed it into a private school, and would not allow any supporters of Hannes Meyer to attend it.
Bauhaus were an English post-punk band, formed in Northampton, England in 1978. The group consisted of Peter Murphy (vocals, occasional instruments), Daniel Ash (guitar), Kevin Haskins (drums) and David J (bass). Although they dropped the numerical portion within a year of formation, the band was originally named Bauhaus 1919, in reference to the first operating year of the art school Bauhaus. Generally considered one of the first gothic rock groups, Bauhaus were known for their gloomy sound and dark image. However, musically the band was quite diverse. Throughout their career, they incorporated a variety of genres, ranging from reggae to funk.
Bauhaus broke up in 1983. Peter Murphy began a solo career while Ash and Haskins continued as Tones on Tail and, later, reunited with David J to form Love and Rockets. Both enjoyed greater commercial success in the United States than Bauhaus had, but disappeared from the charts in their homeland. Bauhaus eventually reunited for a 1998 tour and again from 2005 to 2008.
The Bauhaus typeface design is based on Herbert Bayer's 1925 experimental Universal typeface.
Bauhaus is a Swiss-headquartered pan-European retail chain offering products for home improvement, gardening and workshop. The name contains the German words bauen (to build) and Haus (house), but also alludes to the modernist Bauhaus school and the company's founder and owner, the German billionaire Heinz-Georg Baus.
Its first store opened in Mannheim, Germany in 1960.
It has 250 stores and franchises across Europe, including Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.
The chain is a sponsor of the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation ( FIBT), including the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup competitions, along with the FIBT World Championships. On 22 October 2009, it was announced that the company would be the title sponsor for the 2009–10 Ski Jumping World Cup.
Bauhaus is a German school of design, combining crafts and the fine arts. It may also refer to its related affiliation:
- Bauhaus magazine, magazines issued by the Bauhaus school of design since 1923
- Bauhaus Archive, a museum in Berlin, Germany which collects items related to the Bauhaus school of design
Bauhaus may also refer to:
- Bauhaus (band), an English gothic rock band
- Bauhaus (company), an international company operating retail stores
- 8502 Bauhaus, a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on 14 October 1990
- Bauhaus (typeface), a font inspired by Herbert Bayer's experimental Universal typeface
- Bauhaus-University Weimar, a university for creative studies in Weimar, Germany
- Bauhaus, an army corporation in Mutant Chronicles movie.
- Bauhaus Project (computing), a software research project carried out by a consortium of universities and companies.
- Bauhaus Brew Labs, a brewery in the United States city of Minneapolis
Usage examples of "bauhaus".
Germany which had given the world a Duerer and a Cranach had not been pre-eminent in the fine arts in modern times, though German expressionism in painting and the Munich Bauhaus architecture were interesting and original movements and German artists had participated in all the twentieth-century evolutions and eruptions represented by impressionism, cubism and Dadaism.
First Vice President Roger Brisbane III was sitting behind a gleaming Bauhaus desk.
And I was beginning to have revised thoughts about my good pal Bauhaus, who had set me up in less than palatial splendor.
After that, the only times I saw Bauhaus were to either drop off cash or collect new dope.
Awhile later, Bauhaus made my walking weight heavier by half a kilo of the white stuff a guaranteed felony bust for dealing, should anyone wearing a badge pat me down.
Club Bauhaus, Jean Paul would have a fit and demand he leave and never return.
Nothing like Club Bauhaus, which was a meat locker but had the self-respect to keep the lighting low.
She was simply but elegantly attired and coiffured, the kind of woman who might have been designed by a Bauhaus architect, except for her bosom, whose free-flowing volume all but contradicted the severe planes of the rest of her body, impeding her balance, creating such a clashing contrast that, speaking strictly aesthetically, she might have benefited from a double mastectomy.
But the Bauhaus pattern is unequivocal, and despite their ambivalent modernism the framed prints disclose no secrets.
They crossed the foyer, threading their way between the flowering plants, glass tables and Bauhaus chairs.
Bright images crawled against the bleak white Bauhaus wall of a neighboring high-rise.
I had thought that we could have a nice dinner at the Bauhaus there beforehand if you would like that.
There, listening to Bauhaus and smoking clove cigarettes, he felt less alone than before.
His apartment was in one of the old Bauhaus buildings fronting Leblon.
Pseudo-Tudor prevailed, with an admixture of Stockbroker Spanish Colonial, distinguished by green glazed tiles, and one British Bauhaus with a flat roof, small square windows and the occasional porthole to add a nautical air.