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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 W...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, T'ai Lin, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Bauhaus.
Bauhaus
Bauhaus Dessau > 1925-1932
Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar
1900-1999
Textile design > Germany > History > 20th century.
Weaving > Germany > History > 20th century.
Women textile designers > Germany.
Modernism (Art)
Art and craft debate.
Textiles et tissus > Dessins > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Tissage > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Dessinatrices de tissus > Allemagne.
Modernisme (Art)
Débats sur l'art et l'artisanat.
ART > History > General.
DESIGN > History & Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
DESIGN > Textile & Costume.
Art and craft debate
Textile design
Weaving
Women textile designers
Webarbeit
Ästhetik
Textilkünstlerin
Germany
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Pictures Made of Wool
  • 2. Toward a Modernist Theory of Weaving
  • 3. The Haptics of Optics
  • 4. Weaving as Invention
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.

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