PP/14/1/15 - Gropius, The Bauhaus and The Future

Reference code

PP/14/1/15

Level of description

Item

Title

Gropius, The Bauhaus and The Future

Date/s

1977

Quantity & Format

50 leaves Lectures

Personal name

Morris, Henry, 1889-1961
Morris, William 1834-1896

Subject

Impington Village College

Creator

Pritchard, John Craven,

Scope and content

Typed, heavily annotated, draft of a lecture given by Jack Pritchard, dated 8/11/77. Jack Pritchard discusses the life and work of Walter Gropius before his departure to the United States of America, the Bauhaus its aims and ideas. He discusses the commissioning of Impington Village College by Henry Morris. Jack Pritchard compares the views of Walter Gropius and William Morris to industrialisation and goes on to discuss "the problems facing designers and craftsmen of to-day" and calls for a closer association between art and science.

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/14 - Papers given to learned bodies [by Jack Pritchard]
  - PP/14/1 - Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus
    - PP/14/1/15 - Gropius, The Bauhaus and The Future

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