Josef Albers: To Open Eyes

by Frederick A. Horowitz and Brenda Danilowitz

Book Overview

This volume provides a fascinating study of the revolutionary painter and teacher, Josef Albers (1888-1976). Albers began his teaching career in 1923, when Walter Gropius invited him to join the faculty of the Bauhaus in Germany, where he quickly replaced the school's standard course curriculum with his own innovative methods. After moving to the United States, he taught at Black Mountain College in North Carolina and then at Yale University in New...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714849650
• ISBN13: 9780714849652
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary