One of the most important schools for architecture, design, and art in the 20th century, the Weimar Bauhaus included in its distinguished membership Moholy-Nagy. This book, a valuable introduction to the Bauhaus movement, is generously illustrated with examples of students' experiments and typical contemporary achievements. The text also contains an autobiographical sketch. Unabridged republication of the revised and enlarged edition of The New Vision: Fundamentals of Design, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1938. "Abstract of an Artist" excerpted from fourth edition, published by George Wittenborn, Inc., New York, 1947.
Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier Pioneering manifesto by founder of "International School." Technical and aesthetic theories, views of industry, economics, relation of form to function, "mass-production split," and much more. Profusely illustrated.
Dadas on Art: Tzara, Arp, Duchamp and Others by Lucy R. Lippard Focusing mainly on visual artists, this select anthology features prose, poetry, and polemics from Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Tristan Tzara, Hanna Höch, George Grosz, Jean Cocteau, and others.
Painters on Painting by Eric Protter Artists such as da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rubens, Rembrandt, Hogarth, Manet, Degas, Cézanne, van Gogh, Matisse, Pollock, Johns, and many others comment on their artistic techniques, objectives, other artists, and more. 68 illustrations.
Dalí on Modern Art: The Cuckolds of Antiquated Modern Art by Salvador Dalí Dali skewers modern art and its practitioners. Outrageous evaluations of Picasso, Cezanne, Turner, more. 15 renderings of paintings discussed. 44 calligraphic decorations by Dali.
Language of Vision by Gyorgy Kepes Noted painter, designer, and theoretician analyzes effect of visual language on structure of human consciousness: perception of line and form, perspective, much more. Over 300 photos, drawings, and illustrations.
