PP/14/1/12 - Bauhaus and its influence

Reference code

PP/14/1/12

Level of description

Item

Title

Bauhaus and its influence

Date/s

1971

Quantity & Format

28 leaves Lectures

Personal name

Morris, William 1834-1896

Subject

Design -- 20th century

Creator

Pritchard, John Craven,

Scope and content

Copy of a lecture given by Jack Pritchard at the "Artworker Guild" 20/5/71. Jack Pritchard discusses the aims and ideas of Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus, "and the importance of a close association of the imaginative artist with the engineer and scientist." He discusses the influence of the industrial revolution on art and design and the negative reactions of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Jack Pritchard calls for a more dynamic attitude to design training and closer collaboration between art and technology.

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/14 - Papers given to learned bodies [by Jack Pritchard]
  - PP/14/1 - Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus
    - PP/14/1/12 - Bauhaus and its influence

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