{"id":2829,"date":"2025-05-06T09:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/publikationen\/bauhausbuecher-4-oskar-schlemmerthe-theater-of-the-bauhaus\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:57:52","slug":"bauhausbuecher-4-oskar-schlemmerthe-theater-of-the-bauhaus","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/research\/publications\/bauhausbuecher-4-oskar-schlemmerthe-theater-of-the-bauhaus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauhausb\u00fccher 4 \u2013 Oskar Schlemmer:\nThe Theater of the Bauhaus"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-copy' data-pattern='ho\/header-publikationen'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only padding-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-10'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-5'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-10'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n<h1 class=ho-sd-h2>Bauhausb\u00fccher 4 \u2013 Oskar Schlemmer:\nThe Theater of the Bauhaus<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 margin-top-7 col-md-4'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_FQg2tQ\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 2047,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_4_Schlemmer-236x300.jpg\",\"width\":236,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":15954},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_4_Schlemmer-806x1024.jpg\",\"width\":806,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":97676},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_4_Schlemmer-768x975.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":975,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":89283},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_4_Schlemmer-1209x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1209,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":178933},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_4_Schlemmer-346x440.jpg\",\"width\":346,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":28714},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_4_Schlemmer-457x580.jpg\",\"width\":457,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":41311},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_4_Schlemmer-567x720.jpg\",\"width\":567,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":57239},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_4_Schlemmer-1008x1280.jpg\",\"width\":1008,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":136511},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Bauhausbuecher_4_Schlemmer.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1905}},\n\"alt\" : \"Graphic titled &quot;Theater of the Bauhaus&quot; 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from the &quot;Bauhaus Books&quot; series, designed with geometric shapes and typographic elements.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6 margin-top-7 col-md-offset-2'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>Bauhausb\u00fccher 4 \u2013 Oskar Schlemmer:<br>The Theater of the Bauhaus<\/strong><br><br>Edited by Lars M\u00fcller in collaboration with Bauhaus-Archiv\u2009\/\u2009Museum f\u00fcr Gestaltung<br><br>90 pages, 58 illustrations<br>Hardcover<br>Lars M\u00fcller, 2020, English<br><br>This new English translation is published in the layout of the German first edition of 1925 and features a separate commentary.<br><br>Spatial dance, gestural dance, rod dance, Triadic Ballet: Oskar Schlemmer developed his costumed, masked dancer into an \u201cart figure\u201d synthesizing dance, masquerade, and music. The fourth volume of the Bauhausb\u00fccher presents the main characteristics of the Bauhaus concept of the stage. The Bauhaus stage is that of the Weimar period, essentially shaped by Oskar Schlemmer, who had taken over the stage department in 1923. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Moholy-Nagy, who was appointed to the Bauhaus the same year, took an interest in abstract kinetic and luminary phenomena which he examines in his essay \"Theatre, Circus, Vari\u00e9t\u00e9.\" Farkas Moln\u00e1r focused for his part on stage architecture, which he discusses in detail in this volume.<br><br>Available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bauhaus-shop.de\/en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bauhaus-shop.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bauhaus<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bauhaus-shop.de\/en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bauhaus-shop.de\/en\">-Shop<\/a> or directly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lars-mueller-publishers.com\/theater-bauhaus\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lars-mueller-publishers.com\/theater-bauhaus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publishers<\/a>.<br><br>Please ask our colleagues in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bauhaus-shop.de\/en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bauhaus-shop.de\/en\">Bauhaus-<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bauhaus-shop.de\/en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bauhaus-shop.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shop<\/a> for prices and availability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2047,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-2829","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"seo_titel":"","keywords":"","noindex":false,"redirect":"","short_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/2829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/2829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24658,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/2829\/revisions\/24658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}