Characteristics Of The Modernism Movement

Modernism became more popular during the Industrial revolution. The end of Queen Victoria’s reign was a huge inspiration for the new movement to rise, because it symbolised the end of an era. The discoveries like Einstiens theory of spactial relativity also opened up oppurtunties for the way things worked to shift around. More people were also moving to the cities for jobs due to machinery taking over hard labour on farms in the country. The old traditions of art was also thought to be no longer the trend and was done away with to make room for new styles of fine art, architecture and literature. This was a movement that rejected realism and was more inspired by self-conciousness. Modernism consists of a few movements, for example; Symbolism,

The characteristics of the Bauhaus movement are minimalist, geometrical, hand crafted, however could be mass produced and anti-ornament. Typography played a big role in this movement, this was because it was an effective way of visual communication. We can still see examples of Bauhaus style posters around; this includes Barack Obama’s 2008 presdential visit to Berlin

During the time of 1921 to 1925 he collaborated with Oskar Schlemmer on the interior design of the Bauhaus school. They later collaborated again to design the Bauhaus chess set. The reason why this chess table falls in Bauhaus style is because it follows the movements’ principles. It uses minimalist and simple designs for the chess pieces. As well as using form following function is very evident in its design. They’re also in geometric shapes with no intricate details to them. Twenty-year-old Peter Keler designed Bauhaus Cradle in 1922. He uses primary colours of red, yellow and blue. He also uses basic geometric shapes like the triangle, square and circle to create the cradle. Frame is a steel pipe lacquered and wickerwork. Marcel Breuer at the Dessau Bauhaus designed the Bauhaus Wasilly Chair. The chair is a mix of steel and leather, using the minimum amount of material needed. Marcel Breuer was inspired to make the chair when he had seen a bent bicycle handlebar. This chair used seamless steel tubes as its frame, and the tubes allowed bending the steel without breaking. The same tubing can be seen on modern bicycles today. The chair has leather seat, back and arm rests and later on came in the colours white, black and