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The Auerbach House by Walter Gropius with Adolf Meyer / Barbara Happe, Martin S. Fischer ; new translations and editing of original translation, David H. Haney ; original translation, Geoffrey Steinherz.
Fine Arts Library NA1088.G85 H3713 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Happe, Barbara.
- Standardized Title:
- Haus Auerbach von Walter Gropius mit Adolf Meyer. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Buildings--Germany--Weimar (Thuringia).
- Buildings.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Architect-designed houses.
- Germany--Weimar (Thuringia).
- Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
- Gropius, Walter.
- Meyer, Adolf, 1866-1950.
- Meyer, Adolf.
- Auerbach, Felix, 1856-1933.
- Auerbach, Felix.
- Bauhaus.
- Architect-designed houses--Germany--Weimar (Thuringia).
- Architecture, Domestic--Germany--Weimar (Thuringia)--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 135 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Jovis Verlag, [2018]
- Summary:
- "While Director of the Bauhaus, Walter Gropius built the Auerbach House in 1924, his first private house in the Bauhaus mode. Thus, this building is one of the most important milestones for the early years of the Bauhaus. Certainly, the most outstanding feature of the house is the authentic interior color scheme. It was first discovered during the restoration that Alfred Arndt designed color schemes for every interior wall. Preserving almost all original details, today the house glows again with the 37 original pastel tones. This book also recounts the moving story of the Auerbachs, a married Jewish couple who helped to shape Jena's social life at the turn of the century, befriended Edvard Munch, fought for women's rights, and whose house symbolized resistance to the expulsion of the Bauhaus from Weimar"--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Haus Auerbach von Walter Gropius mit Adolf Meyer.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9783868595741
- 3868595740
- OCLC:
- 1054391539
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