Haunted Bauhaus : occult spirituality, gender fluidity, queer identities, and radical politics / Elizabeth Otto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otto, Elizabeth, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bauhaus--Faculty--Psychology.

Bauhaus.

Bauhaus--Students--Psychology.

Lifestyles--Germany--History--20th century.

Lifestyles.

Modularity (Psychology).

Students--Psychology.

History.

Psychology.

Germany.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]

Summary:

The Bauhaus (1919-1933) is widely regarded as the twentieth century's most influential art, architecture, and design school, celebrated as the archetypal movement of rational modernism and famous for bringing functional and elegant design to the masses. In 'Haunted Bauhaus', art historian Elizabeth Otto liberates Bauhaus history, uncovering a movement that is vastly more diverse and paradoxical than previously assumed. Otto traces the surprising trajectories of the school's engagement with occult spirituality, gender fluidity, queer identities, and radical politics. The Bauhaus, she shows us, is haunted by these untold stories.00With 'Haunted Bauhaus', Otto not only expands our knowledge of a foundational movement of modern art, architecture, and design, she also provides the first sustained investigation of the irrational and the unconventional currents swirling behind the Bauhaus's signature sleek surfaces and austere structures. This is a fresh, wild ride through the Bauhaus you thought you knew.

The Bauhaus (1919-1933) is widely regarded as the twentieth century's most influential art, architecture, and design school, celebrated as the archetypal movement of rational modernism and famous for bringing functional and elegant design to the masses. In 'Haunted Bauhaus', art historian Elizabeth Otto liberates Bauhaus history, uncovering a movement that is vastly more diverse and paradoxical than previously assumed. Otto traces the surprising trajectories of the school's engagement with occult spirituality, gender fluidity, queer identities, and radical politics. The Bauhaus, she shows us, is haunted by these untold stories. With 'Haunted Bauhaus', Otto not only expands our knowledge of a foundational movement of modern art, architecture, and design, she also provides the first sustained investigation of the irrational and the unconventional currents swirling behind the Bauhaus's signature sleek surfaces and austere structures. This is a fresh, wild ride through the Bauhaus you thought you knew.

Contents:

Introduction: Bauhaus utopias

Bauhaus spirits

New visions of the artist: the artist-engineer and shadow masculinity

Bauhaus femininities in transformation

Queer Bauhaus

Red Bauhaus, Brown Bauhaus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262043298

0262043297

OCLC:

1088600947

Publisher Number:

99982437206

16052834