History Of Design: Bauhaus

I Study the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English words.

   

definitive повний, завершений

loosely вільно

separately окремо

offer пропонувати

foundation  основа

variety різноманітність

mass production масове виробництво

curriculum навчальний план

unify об'єднувати

art мистецтво

craft ремесло

embrace використовувати

arguably ймовірно

celebrated знаменитий

re-thought переосмислений

ornamentation оздоблення

require вимагати

simplicity простота

purity чистота

inspired натхненний

tube трубка

ultimately зрештою

lightweight легкий

conclude робити висновок

eventually врешті-решт

obsolete застарілий

supportive який пітримує

inspiration натхнення

road sign дорожній знак

skyline контур будинку

exploration дослідження

vitality життєва сила

rapidly швидко

cool крутий

stuff речі

apartment  квартира

II Vocabulary focus. Study the words and  word combinations, check your understanding using flashcards, practise their translation, spelling. Check your knowledge in the test. Play matching vocabulary game (match words to their translations to make cards disappear)  and save the planet from asteroids by typing in correct translation of the words.

III Watch the video and fill in the gaps in the text.

Bauhaus was one of the most definitive 1)_____ movements of the modern 2)_____, reaching its peak between the two 3)_____ wars.  The word ‘Bauhaus’, loosely 4)_____ from German, mean ‘House of Construction’, or ‘School of 5)_____’.  

Bauhaus was a new 6)_____ of art school.  Historically, European 7)_____ academies taught each design 8)_____ separately.  The Bauhaus offered 9)_____ training in many art and design 10)_____.  They believed in 11)_____.  Understanding 12)_____   ______was part of the curriculum and the school sought to develop 13)_____ who could unify art with 14)_____ while embracing new technology.  It was also the 15)_____ of the art school as an alternative way of 16)_____.  Germany at that time was a pretty 17)_____ place.  And before the Nazis said NEIN! to the Bauhaus, it was arguably the most 18)_____ art school in the world.  Bauhaus thinkers 19)_____ the world needed to be fundamentally 20)_____.  Unnecessary 21)_____ was out, minimalism was in.  Good design required 22)_____ and geometric purity.  One of the best known 23)_____ of Bauhaus design is the cantilevered 24)_____.  Designed by someone named Breuer, it was inspired by the steel tubes of his 25)_____, and ultimately led to the first lightweight, mass-produced 26)_____ chair.  Despite his success, Breuer 27)_____ that eventually chairs would become obsolete and everyone would soon be sitting on 28)_____ columns of air.  Bauhaus was all about 29)_____ and inspiration.  

Nowadays, Bauhaus influences can be seen 30)_____, from road signs and 31)_____ design, to big windows and even bigger 32)_____.  In architecture, the International Style, as it became known, 33)_____ skylines the world over.  Bauhaus was about 34)_____, reform, exploration and 34)_____, about making more tidy sense of the rapidly evolving world around us.  And giving us more cool stuff for our 35)_____.  How Bauhaus is your house?

IV Watch all the parts of the video and answer the questions.

1 When and where did Bauhaus appear?

2 How can we translate the name of the movement form German?

3 What was the tradition in art and design education before Bauhaus?

4 How was Bauhaus curriculum different?

5 What was the aim of  Bauhaus? Why were arts and crafts taught together?

6What elements of furniture are associated with Bauhaus? What was their role for design history?

7 What principles of design did Bauhaus use? Was ornamentation important for design?

8 Where can we see the influence of Bauhaus today?

9 What is the role of simplicity in Bauhaus?

10 How did Bauhaus influence city architecture?