Not the Bauhaus: The Breslau Academy of Art and Applied Arts

Not the Bauhaus The Breslau Academy of Art and Applied Arts

Once at the pinnacle of progressive art education, the Breslau Academy of Art and Applied Art has been largely forgotten. The Academy deserves attention, however, because it was a paradigm for art school reform in a time when Germany was rife with experiments in arts education. Different from its mo...

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Published in:Journal of architectural education (1984) Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 46 - 55
Main Author: Barnstone, Deborah Ascher
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 01-09-2008
Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Subjects:
Applied arts
Architecture
Archives
Art education
Art exhibitions
Art museums
Arts
Bauhaus
Design as Scholarship/Scholarship of Design
Modern art
Visual arts
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Summary:Once at the pinnacle of progressive art education, the Breslau Academy of Art and Applied Art has been largely forgotten. The Academy deserves attention, however, because it was a paradigm for art school reform in a time when Germany was rife with experiments in arts education. Different from its more famous contemporary, the Bauhaus, the Breslau Academy is a study in another aspect of the avant-garde, and its history helps complete our picture of the complexities of progressive art and architecture education during the 1920s.
ISSN:1046-4883
1531-314X
DOI:10.1111/j.1531-314X.2008.00215.x