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Haunted Bauhaus : occult spirituality, gender fluidity, queer identities, and radical politics / Elizabeth Otto.

Otto, Elizabeth, 1970- (author.).

Summary:

The Bauhaus (1919-1933) is widely regarded as the twentieth century's most influential art, architecture, and design school, celebrated as the archetypal movement of rational modernism and famous for bringing functional and elegant design to the masses. In 'Haunted Bauhaus', art historian Elizabeth Otto liberates Bauhaus history, uncovering a movement that is vastly more diverse and paradoxical than previously assumed. Otto traces the surprising trajectories of the school's engagement with occult spirituality, gender fluidity, queer identities, and radical politics. The Bauhaus, she shows us, is haunted by these untold stories. With 'Haunted Bauhaus', Otto not only expands our knowledge of a foundational movement of modern art, architecture, and design, she also provides the first sustained investigation of the irrational and the unconventional currents swirling behind the Bauhaus's signature sleek surfaces and austere structures. This is a fresh, wild ride through the Bauhaus you thought you knew.

Record details

ISBN: 0262043297
ISBN: 9780262043298
Physical Description: xiii, 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-272) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Bauhaus utopias -- Bauhaus spirits -- New visions of the artist: the artist-engineer and shadow masculinity -- Bauhaus femininities in transformation -- Queer Bauhaus -- Red Bauhaus, Brown Bauhaus.