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Innováció a vizuális nevelésben a Bauhaus-pedagógia alapján
Innovation in Art Education, Based on Bauhaus Pedagogy

Author(s): Emil Gaul, Andrea Kárpáti
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Bauhaus pedagogy; art education; modular curriculum; research based development

Summary/Abstract: Mass production of designed objects was an important part of the modernisation movement of the industrial society. The foundations of modern design were established by the Bauhaus college of art, crafts and design between 1919 and 1933. New technologies of mass production resulted in the “New Landscape in Art and Science” (Kepes 1956/1979) shaped by industrial designers. The new visual culture needed new perspectives of education that were formulated by innovative artist-educators of the first half of the 20th century, especially László Moholy-Nagy, one of the Hungarian Bauhaus masters. This study offers a brief overview of innovative trends in art and design education, the actuality of the educational heritage of the Bauhaus, and the “Moholy-Nagy Visual Modules – teaching the visual language of the 21st century” – a project of the MTA-ELTE Visual Culture Research Group, based on this tradition. This innovation effort continues the movement launched at the beginning of the 20th century for the modernisation of vision.

  • Issue Year: 27/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 278-290
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Hungarian