Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
high brow, low brow, Bauhaus, art school
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Art
Abstract
“The tool of the spirit of yesterday was the ‘academy.’ It shut off the artist from the world of industry and handicraft, and thus brought about his complete isolation from the community. In vital epochs, on the other hand, the artist enriched all the arts and crafts of a community because he had a part in its adeptness and understanding as any other worker…” These sentiments were written in the beginning of the 20th century by Walter Gropius in The Theory and Organization of the Bauhaus. The Bauhaus was a German art school that revolutionized the ideas of art verses craft. It formed an alliance to a large degree, between art and industry and thus brought its art to the public in a very sophisticated way.
Recommended Citation
Kruegar, Susan; Bybee, Sunnie; and Ostraff, Joseph
(2013)
"High/Low Brow,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 2158.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2158