4. Gender played a interesting role at the Bauhaus. While
they did allow women into the school, women themselves were limited in which
they were allowed to study. During the
early 1920’s women were designated to arts such a basket weaving, textiles, and
generally traditional females arts. Machine work and most of the forerunners of
the Bauhaus were seen as masculine work and activities that were only suited
for men, as women had more “delicate skill sets”. It wouldn’t be until the end
of the 1920’s that women were allowed to take on more arts in Bauhaus.
5. During the period of 1925-1928. Constructivist principles
were largely depoliticized at the Bauhaus.
It was necessary for the school’s survival that is deemphasize the
radical politics that has played a role in the adoption of Russian
Constructivism. In later decades, the political commitments of many members of
the faculty and student body would be written out of history. There was a
political contradiction at the Bauhaus, which was the simultaneous embracing of
communist ideology and a adoration of the capitalists industries that stood as
icons of the modern age. Technological utopia was the idea that united two
contradictory beliefs. The Bauhaus was essentially a liberal institution
because many of the right-wing conservatives were against them.
6. The “ Essence of New Typography” is clarity. This puts it
into the direct opposition to the old typography; whose aim was beauty and
whose clarity did not attain the high level we require today. Sans Serif
allowed for many typeface markers to minimize don’t design, such as Herbert
Bayer who sought to reduce the alphabet into clear and simple forms and removed
all capital letters were incompatible in design because two totally different
symbols would represent the same sound.
Other typeface creators were influenced past typeface creations. Eric
Gill was such an example, citing types used in Old Catholicism as well as Bayer’s
own design. Sans Serif fonts were embraced because they create a cleaner appearance
and quick legibility, focusing on functionality.
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