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The Bauhaus : a Japanese perspective and a profile of Hans and Florence Schust Knoll / Akio Izutsu ; translated by Brian Harrison.
LIBRA NK2399.B38 I9 1992
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Izutsu, Akio.
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Knoll, Hans.
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019.
- Knoll, Florence.
- Bauhaus--Influence.
- Bauhaus.
- Furniture--History--20th century.
- Furniture.
- Design--Japan.
- Design.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Japan.
- Genre:
- History
- Penn Provenance:
- Atkin, Tony (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 201 pages : illustrations (some color), some folded ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Tokyo?] : Kajima Institute, ©1992.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. The Bauhaus: a Japanese perspective : The Bauhaus, its foundation and the role of Walter Gropius ; The first Japanese visitors to the Weimar Bauhaus, Sadanosuke Nakata and Ishimoto Kikuji ; Japanese visitors and students at the Dessau Bauhaus, Takehiko, Mizutani, Iwao Yamawaki and Michyko Yamawaki
- Chapter 2. Bauhaus and Japan : The Japan Bauhaus, the Ginza new architectural arts academy, Tokyo ; The production of tubular steel furniture in Japan ; The new German architectural arts exhibition ; The "Gropius and the Bauhaus" exhibition
- Chapter 3. A profile of Hans and Florence Schust Knoll : The Bauhaus and Hans Knoll ; The Cranbrook and Florence Schust Knoll ; Mies Breuer and Saarinen ; The Knoll planning unit ; New designs and product development ; Showrooms modelled after the Bauhaus approach ; Knoll and cultural activities
- Appendices : Kij planning unit ; Installation.
- Notes:
- English and Japanese.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 197).
- ISBN:
- 4306042987
- 9784306042988
- OCLC:
- 26342667
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