JOHANNES ITTEN ET SON ENSEIGNEMENT
Claire Stoullig and Jacqueline Costa [commissaires]
Claire Stoullig and Jacqueline Costa [commissaires]: JOHANNES ITTEN ET SON ENSEIGNEMENT. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1979. First edition. Text in French. Octavo. Thick laminated printed wrappers. 64 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. Design by Hans-Jurg Hunziker. Minor shelf wear including age-toning and laminate lifting. A good copy.
8.25 x 11.75 soft cover book with 64 pages and approx. 40 illustrations, 6 in color. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris [February 7 - April 1, 1979]. Annaliese Itten was responsible for the exhibit's conception, which includes a breakdown of Itten's approach to teaching.
Abridged Contents
- Biographie
- Includes the sections:
- Couleurs et formes subjectives, Realites et effet des couleurs, Contrastes de couleurs et de formes, Le contraste chaud-froid, L'etoile des couleurs, Couleurs et musique, Clair-obscur, Photomontages, Matieres et textures, La forme, Rythme, Formes expressives
Johannes Itten (1888 - 1967) was invited by Walter Gropius to join the Bauhaus, a combination of the Weimar Art Academy and the Weimar Arts and Crafts School, in 1919. Itten was a central figure in the early Bauhaus days and an innovative teacher who employed the pedagogy of Friedrich Froebel's "education through play."