Category: museums
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Bauhaus-Museum Weimar
After Dessau, our next stop was Weimar, 100 or so kilometers southwest, two plus hours by DB. The central German city is well known because of its rich cultural heritage and its importance in German history. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the literary figure, lived most of his creative life here since 1775. Together with Friedrich…
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The New Bauhaus Masters’ Houses, Dessau
… continuing from our earlier post on the original Bauhaus Masters’ Houses, The first house we saw when coming from the School was the new Director’s House (Direktonenhaus) where the information desk is situated. Why are there new Masters’ Houses ? After the Bauhauslers moved out in 1932/1933, the school was closed by the Nazis,…
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The Original Bauhaus Masters’ Houses, Dessau
This is our third post on the Bauhaus site in Dessau. Our visit was made during the centenary year (2019) of the founding of the Bauhaus School of Design. For this post, try a 2020 collaboration by the brothers Eno – Mixing Colours spotify:playlist:0LYxIitOywh75P1SCrrNEz A lot of the academic-sounding text in these Bauhaus posts were…
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The Bauhaus Building, Dessau
Our second stop in Dessau was the Bauhaus school building itself. Let a 1979 Krautrock track accompany you on this post. More 70’s Kraurock at spotify:playlist:3poTntSnquikPDgA4Vx5vO A lot of the academic-sounding text in these Bauhaus posts were partially taken from our purchased books, pamphlets we picked up on site, as well as the copious volumes…
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The brand new Bauhaus Museum Dessau (in 2019)
Since it was not possible to do much traveling in 2020, we do not have many photos left to share from last year. Going back …, 2019 was the centenary year of the founding of the Bauhaus school in Germany. We took a pilgrimage tour of the three German cities where the Bauhaus school existed:…
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National Palace Museum, Taipei – 國立故宮博物院
We spent almost a full day at the National Palace Museum (NPM) – 國立故宮博物院 which is in a suburb of Taipei. Built in the architectural style of a Chinese palace, the NPM has four stories, ornamented with corbels and colorful green tiled-roofs with yellow ridges. A bit of history … On Oct. 10, 1925, the…