Anni Albers: selected writings on design
2001; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 39; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.39-1976
ISSN1943-5975
AutoresAnni Albers, Brenda Danilowitz,
Tópico(s)Art, Politics, and Modernism
ResumoAnni Albers (1899 - 1994) was one of most influential textile designers of 20th century. Born in Berlin, in 1922 she became a student at Bauhaus in Weimar, where she met her husband, Josef Albers. From 1933 to 1949 Albers taught at Black Mountain College. The fifteen essays gathered here illustrate Anni Albers's concept of design as pursuit of wholeness -- the coalition of form answering practical needs and form answering aesthetic needs. This beautifully illustrated book addresses artistic and practical concerns of modern design and considers ever-changing role of designer. Albers's work is in private collections and in those of leading museums both here and abroad. Among them are Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University, Baltimore Museum of Art, Museum Neue Sammlung in Munich, Bauhaus Archiv in Berlin, and Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York. Her previous books include On Weaving (1965) and On Designing (1961), both published by Wesleyan
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