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Bauhaus

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was Staatliche Bauhaus founded?

a)

1910

b)

1915

c)

1919

d)

1933

2.

What did "The Bauhaus" intend to achieve?

a)

Teaching Arts

b)

Teaching Arts and Design and Technical skills together

c)

Teaching Design and Crafts

d)

Teaching Architecture

3.

Who was the first Director of The Bauhaus?

a)

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

b)

Wassily Kandinksky

c)

Hannes Meyer

d)

Walter Gropius

4.

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

a)

True

b)

False

5.

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

Pick the one that fits best...

a)

Simple geometric shapes and subdued colours

b)

Simple geometric shapes and complementary colours

c)

Simole geometric shapes, red and blue

d)

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

6.

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

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Friedrich Nietzche

c)

Jean-Paul Sartre

d)

Socrates

7.

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."

a)

Marxism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

8.

In Marxist terms, the "Bourgouisie" are:

a)

Workers in factories and their direct managers

b)

Socialist politicians and governmental workers

c)

Communist designers and farm owners

d)

The rich and owners of means of production

9.

Why did the Nazis close Bauhaus in 1933?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

10.

Bauhaus product designs could be best described as:

a)

Functional with embelishment

b)

Semi-functional with adornment

c)

Lacking ornamentation, simple and functional

d)

Lacking ornamentation, but very complex