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What did Walter Gropius suggest in 1920?
What did Walter Gropius suggest in 1920?
To start from zero.
What is the 'Basic Course' (Vorkurs) at Bauhaus?
What is the 'Basic Course' (Vorkurs) at Bauhaus?
A laboratory to identify and analyze the elements of visual language and to teach these formal concepts to the students.
What did Kandinsky envision pictorial composition as?
What did Kandinsky envision pictorial composition as?
A system of oppositional forces.
What was the focus of the Bauhaus movement in terms of visual language?
What was the focus of the Bauhaus movement in terms of visual language?
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What were some of the elements analyzed in the Basic Course?
What were some of the elements analyzed in the Basic Course?
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What was the purpose of the fascination with organizing geometric and typographic elements during the Bauhaus period?
What was the purpose of the fascination with organizing geometric and typographic elements during the Bauhaus period?
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Who made the statement 'we write everything in lowercase, as this saves us time, why two alphabets for only one word'?
Who made the statement 'we write everything in lowercase, as this saves us time, why two alphabets for only one word'?
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What major event led to the closure of the Bauhaus?
What major event led to the closure of the Bauhaus?
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Where did Moholy-Nagy go to start the New Bauhaus?
Where did Moholy-Nagy go to start the New Bauhaus?
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What did Bayer feel would eventually surface in relation to typography?
What did Bayer feel would eventually surface in relation to typography?
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What did Moholy-Nagy believe was slowly filtering through in terms of the 'hygiene of the optical'?
What did Moholy-Nagy believe was slowly filtering through in terms of the 'hygiene of the optical'?
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In what year did the Nazis close the Bauhaus?
In what year did the Nazis close the Bauhaus?
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What did Moholy-Nagy believe was the new unity in art and technology?
What did Moholy-Nagy believe was the new unity in art and technology?
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What was the main focus of Bayer's 'On Typography'?
What was the main focus of Bayer's 'On Typography'?
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What did Moholy-Nagy leave behind in Germany to move to Chicago?
What did Moholy-Nagy leave behind in Germany to move to Chicago?
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What is the combination of photographs and typography called?
What is the combination of photographs and typography called?
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