The Bauhaus was a school in Germany that operated from 1919 to 1933. It was created by German Architect Walter Gropius. The goal of the school was to teach and produce young artists in different fields. They focused on the relationship between art and technology and what it could become. The Bauhaus wanted individuals to study art, and it was assumed that they would understand it and become artists in whatever field they choose. “The academy trained a myriad of minor talents in drawing and painting, of whom scarcely one in a thousand became a genuine architect or painter,…”. The academy’s way gave false hope to people. In reality, they were severing a very important tie for the students, which was their connection to their community. “It shut off the artist from the world of industry and handicraft, and thus brought about his complete isolation from the community.”
Typography is a service art which was changed throughout its time. “The essence of the New Typography is clarity. This puts it into deliberate opposition to the old typography whose aim was ‘beauty’ and whose clarity did not attain the high level we require today. “Back then, typography was used as a beauty asset to make things look good, but now it’s used to clarify a message. I believe new art needs typography and the role it is playing now is acceptable to its purpose because in this day and age there’s so much interpretation and assumptions one can make about an art piece, by having some sort of typography it can help push the viewer in the right direction.
Good response Sonia, do you think that artists might not use typography becasue the intend to be obscure? Some don’t even tile their work!
This is a strong statement. “It shut off the artist from the world of industry and handicraft, and thus brought about his complete isolation from the community.” Who are you quoting???
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