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Author Kentgens-Craig, Margret, 1948-

Title The Bauhaus and America : first contacts, 1919-1936 / Margret Kentgens-Craig
Published Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, [1999]
©1999

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Description xx, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The Call for Rejuvenation in America -- 2. The Dissemination of Bauhaus Ideas: Paths of Communication -- 3. The Image of the Bauhaus as Received in America -- 4. Controversies Surrounding Bauhaus Architecture -- 5. Against the Odds: The Resolution of Contradictions -- The Arts Club of Chicago, Catalogue of the First Bauhaus Exhibition in the United States, March 1931 -- United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, Walter Gropius File (Excerpts) -- United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe File (Excerpts)
Summary "The Bauhaus was founded in Weimar in 1919 by the German architect Walter Gropius, moved to Dessau in 1925 and to Berlin in 1932, and was dissolved in 1933 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe under political duress. Although it existed for a mere fourteen years and boasted fewer than 1,300 students, its influence is felt throughout the world in numerous buildings, artworks, objects, concepts, and curricula."--BOOK JACKET
"After the Bauhaus's closing in 1933, many of its protagonists movd to the United States, where their acceptance had to be cultivated. In this book Margret Kentgens-Craig shows that the fame of the Bauhaus in America was the result not only of the inherent qualities of its concepts and products, but also of a unique congruence of cultural supply and demand, of a consistent flow of information, and of fine-tuned marketing. Thus the history of the American reception of the Bauhaus in the 1920s and 1930s foreshadows the paterns of fame-making that became typical of the post-World War II art world."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [246]-272) and index
Subject Bauhaus -- Influence.
Architecture, Modern -- United States -- 20th century.
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture, German -- United States.
LC no. 99018804
ISBN 0262611716 paperback
026211237X hardcover alkaline paper
Other Titles Bauhaus-Architektur. English