The Bauhaus used the theories and principles of form follow function, which they believed was the most important principle, shadowed by the aesthetics when designing objects, which was how the object is being perceived. Whilst creating new designs, Bauhaus went for simplistic aesthetics, and an overall simple design as the objects were made to be mass-produced. Meaning, products were being made in large quantities. The Bauhaus designers created designs that were aesthetically simple as well as designs that satisfied its intended purpose. These designs were not dull but they focused on the function/s while planning and designing their designs.
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Giacomo Balla was originally an Italian art teacher but later on becoming a founding member of the futurist’s movement. Balla moved to Paris in 1900’s where he taught both fellow designers Severini and Boccioni. Through this Balla became interested in the modern industrial life and furthermore was then signed to the Technical Manifesto of Futurist Paintings in 1910. In 1912, he became one of the most original futurist painters in which he adopted a famously expression of speed in machine forms. Balla contributed to the modernist design with this personal interest in scientific methods of analysis.
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1912
The Hand of the Violinist
Oil on Canvas
Giacomo Balla
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These two designs by Giacomo Balla are both Oil on Paper pieces that have been based on the second principle of aesthetics. These have been designed purposefully for their aesthetics and it makes Balla’s thought process just very interesting. Both are simple yet very detailed at the same time. The ‘Hand of the Violinist’ artwork is very creative with the multiple images in the piece that gives it a very effective look. On the same note ‘Vortice’ gives it that effective look once again with the light and dark shades that overtake one another in forming a shape.
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Both these artworks by Giacomo Balla are shown through as pieces from the modern age. Balla as already stated, focused on the aesthetics which can be seen as modern due to the new materials that were being introduced as well as the thought process Balla had while creating both of these. Modernism was all about making design simpler and even though these pieces were not entirely based on function, aesthetics was used up to its purpose. The ‘Hand of a Violinist’ portraying elements such as line, form, shape, colour and tone which forms to give it a very ripple effect. Whereas the elements used for ‘Vortice’ have given it an overlapping effect. Both convey the message of modern and new with their skill to be unlike any other, meaning they both were sorts of self directed art movement.
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The focus area from the V & A Modernism website is Modernism: Searching for Utopia. Modernism: Searching for Utopia, is overall a collection of ideas. The broad term
