DR. MARIA ELENA BUSZEK
ARTHI3400-07:
Constructivism and The Bauhaus
Tuesdays/Thursdays, 4:00-5:20 pm
Course
description:
:
This course will focus on the revolutionary
culture, politics, interrelations, and legacy of the Russian Constructivists and
the German Bauhaus in the years surrounding the two World Wars. We will discuss
the utopian ideals and (perhaps inevitable) demise of these wildly influential
groups of artists and intellectuals. Since the course deals as much with history
as with art, we will also be exploring the different historical events, artistic
media and philosophical theories that inform the work presented in the class.
RESEARCH/PAPERS:
Citation
style: paper writing guidelines
Search the collection of KCAI's
Jannes Library
Research your papers on the Wilson Web!
Search the collection of the Kansas City Public
Libraries
Search the UMKC Libraries' catalog
Search the University of Kansas Libraries' catalog
Art in the News:
NEW!
Re-release of Soviet silent serial-film heroine Miss Mend, from the
Yankees in Petrograd novels
Artist Francesco Vezzoli's Constructivist-inspired
collaboration with Lady Gaga
Internationaal historians laud a newly-published history of 20th century Russia
Brand-new book explores the complex history of women at the Bauhaus
NYTimes raves for the MoMA opening of Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for
Modernity
[Go
to MoMA Bauhaus 1919-1933 official website]
Forgotten Bauhaus ceramist Margarete Heymann given her due in new exhibition
New exhibition explores Socialist Realism Behind the Iron Curtain
[Go to the Behind the
Iron Curtain exhibition website]
See photos of Stalin's "palaces for the people" in the Soviet subway system
Photographer Christopher
Herwig's website dedicated to Soviet bus stops
[Purchase Herwig's book of
bus-stop photographs]
The work of The Bauhaus' Laszlo Moholy-Nagy explored in recent exhibitions
Solomon R. Guggenheim museum opens an impressive Kandinsky
retrospective
London's Guardian breaks down the important sites in Russia's
contemporary-art revolution
Preview documents and artwork from forthcoming book
Red Star Over Russia
Exhibition celebrates the influence and artistic
partnerships of Russian Modernist ballet director Serge Diaghilev