Exercise 17. Agree or disagree with the statements. Correct the false statements
Use the expressions for:
Agreement: I agree with you; You are right; Certainly; Exactly so ; I fully support you
Disagreement: I can’t agree with you; I am afraid you are mistaken; Not quite so; This is not true; I disagree with the statement that…
1. The Bauhaus had a major impact on art and architecture trends all over the world.
2. The Bauhaus had a bright future in Berlin.
3. The Bauhaus at Dessau included three workshops and two departments.
4. The teaching in Bauhaus in Weimar relied on academic theory.
6. A modern building complex in Dessau was built of concrete, glass and steel.
7. A larger range of courses was offered in Berlin.
Exercise 18. Answer the questions:
1. How many locations did the Bauhaus have?
2. Why was Dessau a suitable location for Bauhaus?
3. What did Walter Gropius call for in his manifesto and programme for the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar?
4. Who could study at the Bauhaus in Weimar?
5. What did the Bauhaus at Dessau include?
6. Who contributed greatly to the global dissemination of the Bauhaus concept?
7. What countries did Bauhaus had a great impact in?
8. What type of teaching programme did the Bauhaus masters develop in Weimar? What was its ultimate goal?
9. How many times was the Bauhaus closed and what for?
10. What was built in West Berlin in 1979?
VI Oral Practice
Exercise 19. Look through the examples of works of Bauhaus. Decide what areas they belong. Give characteristics to their design and functionality.
Use phrases:in my opinion, to my mind, I`d rather say that, in fact, there`s no doubt that, furthermore, according to.
A) b) c)
D) e) f)
Exercise 20. Project work. Prepare a report.
1. “The Influence of Bauhuas on art and architecture trends in Europe ”.
2. “Great works (artists) of Bauhaus”.
VII Reading
Exercise 21. Read the text C. Give the title to it. Define its main points and summarize them.
Notes:
1. typeface – гарнітура шрифта
2. sans-serif font – шрифт без зарубок (засечек)
3. serif – шрифт з зарубками
4. case - комірка
5. typesetting – набір (в поліграфіі)
6. layout – розміщення
Text C
Austrian Herbert Bayer was trained in the Art Nouveau styles but gained interest in Gropius' Bauhaus-Manifest. He enrolled in the Bauhaus and studied there for four years. After passing his final examination, Bayer was appointed by Gropius to direct the new "Druck und Reklame" (printing & advertising) workshop to open in the new Dessau location.
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In 1925, Gropius commissioned Bayer to design a typeface for all Bauhaus communiqués and Bayer excitedly undertook this task. He took advantage of his views of modern typography to create an "idealist typeface." The result was "universal" - a simple geometric sans-serif font.
In Bayer's philosophy for type design, not only were serifs unnecessary, he felt there was no need for an upper and lower case for each letter. Part of his rationale for promoting this concept was to simplify typesetting and typewriter keyboard layout. The Bauhaus set forth elementary principles of typographic communication, which were the beginnings of a style termed "The New Typography."
1. Typography is shaped by functional requirements.
2. The aim of typographic layout is communication (for which it is the graphic medium). Communication must appear in the shortest, simplest, most penetrating form.
3. For typography to serve social ends, its ingredients need internal organization - (ordered content) as well as external organization (the typographic material properly related).