Bauhaus weaving theory : from feminine craft to mode of design / T'ai Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, T'ai Lin, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile design--Germany--History--20th century.

Textile design.

Weaving--Germany--History--20th century.

Weaving.

Women textile designers--Germany.

Women textile designers.

Modernism (Art).

Art and craft debate.

Bauhaus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Bauhaus school in Germany has long been understood through the writings of its founding director, Walter Gropius, and well-known artists who taught there such as Wassily Kandinsky and László Moholy-Nagy. Far less recognized are texts by women in the school's weaving workshop. In Bauhaus Weaving Theory, T'ai Smith uncovers new significance in the work the Bauhaus weavers did as writers. From colorful, expressionist tapestries to the invention of soundproofing and light-reflective fabric, the workshop's innovative creations influenced a modernist theory of weaving. In the first careful exami

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Pictures Made of Wool; 2. Toward a Modernist Theory of Weaving; 3. The Haptics of Optics; 4. Weaving as Invention; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4323-0

OCLC:

894894578