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1
What is the full name of the Bauhaus in German?
Das Weimar Bauhaus
Das Dessau Bauhaus
Das Staatliches Bauhaus
Das Ausstellung Bauhaus
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What was the name of the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition in German?
Das Deutsche Bauhaus 1923
Ausstellung Bauhaus 1923
Das Weimar Bauhaus 1923
Das Staatliches Bauhaus 1923
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What art movement influenced the early Bauhaus philosophy?
Art Nouveau
Expressionism
Cubism
Futurism
4
What slogan replaced this in 1923?
Art and Technology, A New Unity
Art and Craft, A New Unity
Glass and Steel, A New Unity
Art and Design, A New Unity
5
Which two art movements influenced the Bauhaus from 1922 onward?
De Stijl and Constructivism
Cubism and Futurism
Impressionism and Vorticism
Art Nouveau and Art Deco
6
What nationality was Laszlo Moholy-Nagy?
German
Polish
Russian
Hungarian
7
When did Gropius close the Bauhaus school at Weimar?
1st April 1905
1st April 1925
1st April 1915
1st April 1935
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What was the centrepiece of the 1923 exhibition at Weimar?
The Haus am Weimar
The Haus am Horn
The Haus am Schroeder
The Haus am Bauhaus
9
Who did Gropius study under at the Deutsche Werkbund?
Peter Behrens
Piet Mondrian
Gerrit Rietveld
Alexander Rodchenko
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Why did the Bauhaus need to stage an exhibition at Weimar in 1923?
To demonstrate how form follows function
To showcase prototype designs for mass manufacture
To justify being funded by the Weimar government for 4 years
To demonstrate the limitations of expressionism
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Which two Expressionist painters taught at the Bauhaus?
Lyonel Feininger and Johannes Itten
Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque
Vladimir Tatlin and Kasimir Malevich
Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian
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What was the original Bauhaus slogan to state its aims?
A Unity of Art and Design
A Unity of Design and Technology
A Unity of Art and Handicraft
A Unity of Craft and Architecture
13
Who replaced Johannes Itten as head of the preliminary course at the Bauhaus in 1923?
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Peter Behrens
Lyonel Feininger
El Lissitzky
14
The Dessau Bauhaus design philosophy was based on 3 basic principles. What were they?
Form Follows Function, Economy of Means & Truth to Materials
Form Follows Friction, Economy of Moans & Truth to Minstrels
15
Who closed down the Berlin Bauhaus in 1933?
The Communist Party
The Republican Party
The Democratic Party
The Nazi Party
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Who was the Bauhaus founder and first director?
Le Corbusier
Theo Van Doesburg
Walter Gropius
Peter Behrens
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In what part of Germany was the school first situated?
Munich
Weimar
Berlin
Dessau
18
Where did the Bauhaus move to in 1932?
Dortmund
Munich
Berlin
Dessau
19
What year was the Bauhaus design school formed?
1919
1909
1929
1899
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When did the Berlin Bauhaus close down?
1943
1933
1923
1913
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What was the name of the typeface design by Herbert Bayer?
Universal
Bauhaus
Futura
Optima
22
Where did the Bauhaus move to in 1925?
Dessau
Munich
Berlin
Dortmund
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Why did Gropius already have an international reputation?
A photographer of urban landscapes
An architect who designed factories using glass and steel
An author of many classic design books
A painter of abstract portraiture
