“The Bauhaus. That was an idea, more, an ideal. No difference between draftsmen and artists. Everyone together in a new community, we should build the cathedral of the future. I wanted to be a part of it. And something happened that freed us. We did not learn to paint, but learned to see anew, to think anew, and at the same time we learned to know ourselves” - Re Soupault I’ve been meaning to do an episode about the Bauhaus, which is central to the aesthetics of the Weimar Republic and change...
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“The Bauhaus. That was an idea, more, an ideal. No difference between draftsmen and artists. Everyone together in a new community, we should build the cathedral of the future. I wanted to be a part of it. And something happened that freed us. We did not learn to paint, but learned to see anew, to think anew, and at the same time we learned to know ourselves” - Re Soupault I’ve been meaning to do an episode about the Bauhaus, which is central to the aesthetics of the Weimar Republic and change...
Building the Dream, The Utopian Realism of Weimar Architecture
The Weimar Spectacle
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1 year ago
Building the Dream, The Utopian Realism of Weimar Architecture
Questions? Suggestions? Send a text. “Let us consciously be ‘imaginary architects’! We believe that only a total revolution can guide us in our task. Our fellow citizens, even our colleagues quite rightly suspect in us the forces of revolution. Break up and undermine all former principles. Horse Shit! And we the bud in fresh dung.” So, said Weimar architect Bruno Taut!! And his contemporary, Walter Gropius replied...
The Weimar Spectacle
“The Bauhaus. That was an idea, more, an ideal. No difference between draftsmen and artists. Everyone together in a new community, we should build the cathedral of the future. I wanted to be a part of it. And something happened that freed us. We did not learn to paint, but learned to see anew, to think anew, and at the same time we learned to know ourselves” - Re Soupault I’ve been meaning to do an episode about the Bauhaus, which is central to the aesthetics of the Weimar Republic and change...
