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?
