The Deutscher Werkbund Combats Conservative Architecture
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Arts, Architecture
- Subcategories: Architects
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Germany
- Date: October, 1907
Article abstract: The Deutscher Werkbund envisioned an ideal of a revitalized industrial Germany expressed through a total approach to architecture and the applied arts.
Summary of Event
On the fifth or sixth of October, 1907, the first meeting of the Deutscher Werkbund (the name means “German alliance of craftsmen”) took place in Munich. Munich was chosen as the meeting place because it was the home of the Werkbund’s first president, Theodor Fischer; later, the Werkbund would be moved to Berlin. Only one of the Werkbund’s founding fathers,...
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