Bauhaus

When was Staatliche Bauhaus founded?

• 1910

• 1915

• 1919

• 1933

What did "The Bauhaus" intend to achieve?

• Teaching Arts

• Teaching Arts and Design and Technical skills together

• Teaching Design and Crafts

• Teaching Architecture

Who was the first Director of The Bauhaus?

• Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

• Wassily Kandinksky

• Hannes Meyer

• Walter Gropius

The design saying "Less is more" is associated with The Bauhaus: True or False?

• True

• False

Much of Bauhaus design uses gemetric shapes and colour in this way...

Pick the one that fits best...

• Simple geometric shapes and subdued colours

• Simple geometric shapes and complementary colours

• Simole geometric shapes, red and blue

• Simple geometric shapes, white, black, red, blue and yellow

"From each, their worth. To each, their need" is associated with which philosipher?

• Karl Marx

• Friedrich Nietzche

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Socrates

Which economic and political system is this...

"A country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state."

• Marxism

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Socialism

In Marxist terms, the "Bourgouisie" are:

• Workers in factories and their direct managers

• Socialist politicians and governmental workers

• Communist designers and farm owners

• The rich and owners of means of production

Why did the Nazis close Bauhaus in 1933?

• The Nazis condemned the movement as a symptom of a disease spread by artisits that was contaminating the mean of industrial production.

• The Nazis condemned the movement as a symptom of a disease spread by Capitalists that was contaminating the purity of The Arts.

• The Nazis condemned the movement as a symptom of a disease spread by Jews and communists that was contaminating Germany

• The Nazis condemned the movement as a symptom of a disease spread by foreign spies that was contaminating German politics.

Bauhaus product designs could be best described as:

• Functional with embelishment

• Semi-functional with adornment

• Lacking ornamentation, simple and functional

• Lacking ornamentation, but very complex