After a comprehensive read, I can give a good reason that what was missing from past art and education according to Walter Gropius was the liberation of being an individualistic artist. That true artistry cannot be taught but techniques and the language of fine art can. Collaboration and unity which was lacking in academic training for the mass of students was the very solution needed to provoke and unleash the unique artist within according to Bauhaus philosophy. Author Herbet Bayer makes a strong argument that art in the form of typography was missing a universal type that would help the human civilization simplify a complex and dividing system of communication and type. Photography and typography play an essential role in shaping new art. For instance, Photography is a visual tool to help aid in communication and in capturing moments in life. Typography is used for helping us process information being communicated in a particular style. Both create visual elements in the design to produced art in a communicative manner which helps artists develop a thirst for innovating new forms of design.
Media should play the role of advocacy to help society embrace new art concepts by broadcasting the relevancy that these concepts play in their everyday lives. Media should be that tool to bridge artistry in all forms of media. The role language plays in art and design is the role of the connector. In other words, Languages help tie together design and art to create a visual language. The use of letters and words and information being strategically placed in a visual design concept to help us gain a wider perspective on how art can proclaim many forms. An artist should approach future art norms as everchanging. Knowing that norms can become different according to the period in which this form of “normal” art is taking place. Art is a growing process that always has the door open to innovative ways of expanding.
“The academy” should educate artists on similar ideologies to that of the Bauhaus. Pushing individual creativity by unifying creatives in exercises and nonconstructive means of teaching. They should help each artist gain an understanding of what artistic endeavor fits them the best and how to expand on their field of art in much grander ways. They should also incorporate ways to approach advanced techniques in modern forms of artistry with experimental practices. The Bauhaus ideas should be updated in a sense of bringing their teachings to the masses and not just selective artists who have a distinct calling to art and its education. I believe Bauhaus teachings should also be mandated as an educational standard in the 21st century.
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