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紀要論文

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フィロカリア. 2024, 41, p. 65-91

大阪大学大学院人文学研究科　芸術学専攻

日本語

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2024-03-20

Hannes Meyer, a Swiss-born Architect, served as the second director of Bauhaus since April 1928 until August 1930. Meyer had a strong connection with Karel Teige, the standard bearer of avant-garde art in interwar Czechoslovakia. A representative result of the collaboration between Meyer and Teige was the Bauhaus special issue of the magazine ReD, which was published in Prague in February 1930. Although ReD is a Czechoslovakian magazine, and other issues are written primarily in Czech, the language used in the Bauhaus special issue is German. Previous studies equivocate the problem of language choice. In this choice, however, there is a clue to understanding the purpose of the Bauhaus special issue. In a letter to Teige on February 6, 1930, Meyer made a detailed request for the language to be used in the special issue of ReD. Meyer requested that all articles be published in German, without his own “Bauhaus and Society.” The reason for this, Meyer wrote, was “for the interest of the Friends circle of Bauhaus (Kreis der Freunde des Bauhaus).”“The Friends circle of Bauhaus” was created in 1924 to financially support the Bauhaus, and many of its members were German speakers. Meyer’s language choice was likely due to his assumption that the circle members as were the primary readers. This special issue focuses on the reforms of Bauhaus carried out under Meyer’s leadership. Meyer criticized Bauhaus under the previous director, Gropius. He restructured education, strengthened scientific analysis, and expanded commercial production. He promoted the success of these reforms through exhibitions in Germany and Switzerland. A similar intention can be observed in the special issue. Both are dedicated to the fruits of Bauhaus under Meyer, not to the entirety of Bauhaus. It is assumed that Meyer sought to further stabilize Bauhaus’ financial base by demonstrating the success of the reforms the medium of ReD to the members of the “Friends circle of Bauhaus,” who were its financial supporters. Meyer’s own international orientation, the international character of Bauhaus itself, and the strengthening relationship between Bauhaus and Czechoslovakia can be behind Meyer’s deliberate use of the Czechoslovakian magazine ReD for such an inward-looking promotion. It must have been essential for Meyer, who was strengthening the economic foundation of Bauhaus, to demonstrate to his supporters ―“the Friends circle of Bauhaus”― that the new initiatives he was implementing at Bauhaus had been published in a magazineoutside of Germany. In this sense, the relationship between Bauhaus and Czechoslovakia can be seen as merely an inward-looking means of promotion rather than as part of Bauhaus’internationalization. Meyer’s international character is more pronounced in his post-dismissal Bauhaus posture, in which he worked internationally in the Soviet Union and Mexico. Even though the purpose of the special issue of the ReD itself was largely to promote the project to supporters in Germany, the relationships with Teige and Czechoslovakia formed during the process provided the basis for Meyer’s international activities after his dismissal.

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『ReD』誌バウハウス特別号刊行の背景 : カレル・タイゲ宛ハンネス・マイヤー書簡を手掛かりに

小野, 真司

大阪大学大学院人文学研究科　芸術学専攻

日本語

2024-03-20

フィロカリア

41

65

91

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/95655