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Resources

Books

  • Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective, Elizabeth Otto and Patrick Rössler (2019)
  • Bauhaus Women: Art, Handicraft, Design, Ulrike Müller (English edition, 2015)
  • On Weaving, Anni Albers (1965)

Archives and museums

  • Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin
  • Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and Bauhaus Museum Dessau
  • Klassik Stiftung Weimar (Bauhaus Museum Weimar)
  • Harvard Art Museums (Busch-Reisinger Museum)
  • The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation

Glossary

Bauhaus

school of art, craft and design founded 1919.

Gesamtkunstwerk

"total artwork".

Form Master / Workshop Master

the two-teacher system.

Jungmeister

"young master" title given to former students who became teachers.

Chamber of Trade

German body that registered craftspeople and awarded master's diplomas.

Haus am Horn

experimental house built for the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition.

Photomontage

an image made by combining photographs.

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