Bauhaus: A Graphic Novel
A graphic novel about the school of Bauhaus. Text by Valentina Grande; illustration by Sergio Varbella.
The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an ideaĆ¢ā¬āthe school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that followed. Visually arresting illustrations and engaging texts place the novelĆ¢ā¬ā¢s protagonist squarely in the middle of the twentieth-century debate on the relationship between technology and culture.
The novel is divided into three chapters that trace the evolution of the Bauhaus, as its center moved across GermanyĆ¢ā¬āfrom Weimar to Dessau to BerlinĆ¢ā¬āand as its philosophy responded to this economically, politically and intellectually highly charged era in Europe. Sergio VarbellaĆ¢ā¬ā¢s inventive drawings bring to life the theories of founder Walter Gropius, as well as the basic design ideals of unity and equity. Valentina GrandeĆ¢ā¬ā¢s thoughtful texts highlight crucial moments within the movementĆ¢ā¬ā¢s history and in the lives of principal figures such as Klee, Kandinsky, Josef and Anni Albers, LĆĀ”szlĆĀ³ and Lucia Moholy-Nagy, Gunta StĆĀ¶zl, and Mies van der Rohe. The perfect introduction to a radical but highly influential chapter in the history of design, this novel shows how the Bauhaus school broke down barriers and built up ideals that are still applied today.
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Bauhaus: A Graphic Novel
Bauhaus: A Graphic Novel
A graphic novel about the school of Bauhaus. Text by Valentina Grande; illustration by Sergio Varbella.
The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an ideaĆ¢ā¬āthe school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that followed. Visually arresting illustrations and engaging texts place the novelĆ¢ā¬ā¢s protagonist squarely in the middle of the twentieth-century debate on the relationship between technology and culture.
The novel is divided into three chapters that trace the evolution of the Bauhaus, as its center moved across GermanyĆ¢ā¬āfrom Weimar to Dessau to BerlinĆ¢ā¬āand as its philosophy responded to this economically, politically and intellectually highly charged era in Europe. Sergio VarbellaĆ¢ā¬ā¢s inventive drawings bring to life the theories of founder Walter Gropius, as well as the basic design ideals of unity and equity. Valentina GrandeĆ¢ā¬ā¢s thoughtful texts highlight crucial moments within the movementĆ¢ā¬ā¢s history and in the lives of principal figures such as Klee, Kandinsky, Josef and Anni Albers, LĆĀ”szlĆĀ³ and Lucia Moholy-Nagy, Gunta StĆĀ¶zl, and Mies van der Rohe. The perfect introduction to a radical but highly influential chapter in the history of design, this novel shows how the Bauhaus school broke down barriers and built up ideals that are still applied today.
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A graphic novel about the school of Bauhaus. Text by Valentina Grande; illustration by Sergio Varbella.
The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an ideaĆ¢ā¬āthe school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that followed. Visually arresting illustrations and engaging texts place the novelĆ¢ā¬ā¢s protagonist squarely in the middle of the twentieth-century debate on the relationship between technology and culture.
The novel is divided into three chapters that trace the evolution of the Bauhaus, as its center moved across GermanyĆ¢ā¬āfrom Weimar to Dessau to BerlinĆ¢ā¬āand as its philosophy responded to this economically, politically and intellectually highly charged era in Europe. Sergio VarbellaĆ¢ā¬ā¢s inventive drawings bring to life the theories of founder Walter Gropius, as well as the basic design ideals of unity and equity. Valentina GrandeĆ¢ā¬ā¢s thoughtful texts highlight crucial moments within the movementĆ¢ā¬ā¢s history and in the lives of principal figures such as Klee, Kandinsky, Josef and Anni Albers, LĆĀ”szlĆĀ³ and Lucia Moholy-Nagy, Gunta StĆĀ¶zl, and Mies van der Rohe. The perfect introduction to a radical but highly influential chapter in the history of design, this novel shows how the Bauhaus school broke down barriers and built up ideals that are still applied today.
