Main entry:

Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943, author, artist.

Title & Author:

The theater of the Bauhaus.

Edition:

English edition.

Publication:

Zurich : Lars Müller Publishers, [2020]
©2020

Description:

84 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm + 1 inserted folded sheet (23 x 52 cm, folded to 23 x 18 cm).

Series:

Bauhausbücher ; 4

Notes:
English edition published by Lars Müller, based on the translation by Arthur S. Wensinger, 1961. Revised and edited by Katrin Schamun and Jillian DeStone, 2020.
Man and art figure ; Explanatory notes on the illustrations ; Illustrations / O. Schlemmer -- Score sketch ; Theater, circus, variety / L. Moholy-Nagy -- U-Theater / F. Molnár -- Illustrations / L. Moholy-Nagy -- Illustrations / M. Breuer -- Illustrations / K. Schmidt with F.W. Bogler and G. Teltscher -- Illustrations / K. Schmidt -- Illustrations / A. Schawinsky -- Bauhaus Orchestra.
Translated from the German.
Revision of: Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943. Bühne im Bauhaus. English. Theater of the Bauhaus. [1st ed.]. Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [1961] (DLC) 61014239 (OCoLC)767972

Summary:

The Bauhaus revolution left no discipline untouched, and the new conceptions of theater and stage design developed by Oskar Schlemmer, László Moholy-Nagy and their students were especially transformative, unprecedented and influential. Published as the fourth Bauhaus publication in 1925, The Theater of the Bauhaus was the ultimate statement on Bauhaus theater. Addressing everything from stage design to costume, spatial dynamics and choreography to the human body, and abundantly illustrated with documentation of performances and diagrams, the book presents an energetic vision of a total art. Bauhaus theater was essentially shaped by Schlemmer, who had taken over the stage department in 1923. Moholy-Nagy, who was appointed to the Bauhaus the same year, took an interest in abstract kinetic and light phenomena, which he examines in his essay 'Theatre, Circus, Variété.' Farkas Molnár focused on stage architecture, which he discusses in detail here.

ISBN:

9783037786284 (cloth)
3037786280 (cloth)

Subject:

Bauhaus.
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery.
Theater Germany.
Costume.
Théâtre Allemagne.
Theater
Germany

Added entries:

Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946, author, artist.
Molnár, Farkas, author, artist.
Wensinger, Arthur S., 1926- translator.
Schamun, Katrin, editor, translator.
DeStone, Jillian, editor, translator.
Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943. Bühne im Bauhaus. English.
Bauhausbücher. English ; 4.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308932
Call No.: BIB 254249
Status: Available

Location: Library main 309802
Call No.: BIB 254249
Notes: supplement
Status: Available