Curated OER
Art and Revolution
Explore art and revolution that dawned in the mid 20th century. Constructivism, Bauhaus, and de stijl are all covered in this visually stimulating presentation.
Curated OER
The Age of Confusion
According to the presentation, the age of confusion was marked by a very specific set of art and philosophical movements. Take a visual trip, and explore expressionism, cubism, Dada, Bauhaus, existentialism, and the new modes of...
Curated OER
Early Modern Art
Whether you are teaching an art class or world history class, this presentation will appeal to viewers' creative minds and receptive eyes. With brief explanations on Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Dada, and Bauhaus as representations...
Curated OER
Ideal Living
Students examine two artists Vasily Kandinsky and Marcel Breuer. In this artist analysis instructional activity, students explore the principles of Bauhaus and consider the elements of chair design. Students identify the technique of...
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Periods: Cubism
A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Bauhaus: Workshops for Modernity
Rich-media exhibition of Bauhaus architecture and design and the people, such as Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe, who embodied the school's modernist aesthetics and interests.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Modernism
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts provides a fun and interesting site to explore! Click on a time period to view examples and descriptions of various pieces of art from the modernism period. To see a larger image and more information of...
Other
Bauhaus Foundation Dessau: Bauhaus Dessau
This is the Bauhaus Dessau website including visiting the site, upcoming events, and programs.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920's
This site provides text from a lecture that looks at European culture after WWI. Looks at the literary and artistic developments during and as a result of the war. With links to several biographical websites on authors and philosophers...
Other
Arch Daily:spotlight: Walter Gropius
The architect Walter Gropius is renowned as the Father of Bauhaus. Learn about Gropius and the "School of Building" he created. There are photos of some of the buildings he designed, as well as other information about the Bauhaus...
Boston College
Boston College: Walter Gropius' Buildings
Short biography of Walter Gropius and pictures of his house in Massachusetts and the Bauhaus, Dessau.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Nouveau
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.
Other
Bauhaus Archive and Museum of Design (Berlin)
A museum dedicated to the history and art stemming from the influential Bauhaus school founded by Walter Gropius in Germany in 1919. Extensive historical information. To switch languages from German to English, click on De for German or...
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim: Vasily Kandinsky
A biography from the Guggenheim of Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944 CE).
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Josef Albers
Provides thumbnails of a few of his works of art.
Boston College
A Digital Archive of Us Architecture: Mies Van Der Rohe
Prof. Jeffery Howe presents slides of several famous Ludwig Mies van der Rohe buildings. Numerous perspectives on each building offered. Visual presentation helps students understand the basic Bauhaus design principle that "less is more."
Science Struck
Science Struck: History of Industrial Design and Notable Designers
Provides an overview of movements in the history of industrial design and a list of significant designers.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: The German Bauhaus School
The biography of the German Bauhaus school founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
Tate
Tate: Josef Albers: Study for Homage to the Square
Images and description of Josef Albers' painting series, Homage to the Square. There are reprints of seven of the series.
Other
Open University: Design in a Nutshell
Learn about the history of design, particularly the gothic revival, then take an interactive quiz to decide your design "alter ego," where you will choose between gothic, Bauhaus, modern and postmodern schools of design. [1:49]
Other
20th Century Society: Bauhaus Masters' Houses
This resource recognizes the Bauhaus Master's Houses as one of the twentieth century's modernist architectural masterworks. Designed by Walter Gropius to house the distinguished faculty of Germany's Bauhaus school of design and practical...
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Lyonel Feininger
Biographical account covers the life and career of Lyonel Feininger, a German-American painter associated with the Expressionist movement and a leader in the development of Modernism.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Hans Hofmann
Biographical account covers the life and career of Hans Hofmann, German-American abstract expressionist painter.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Walter Gropius
A very brief biography from Wikipedia on architect Walter Gropius can be found here.