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Consisting of eight stencil-like disks that can be placed over ltten's color wheel to compare cool and warm values, complementary colors, and different hues and intensities, this useful and innovative tool helps designers explore a myriad of harmonious color.

This first overview of Johannes Wohnseifer's paintings from the past ten years begins with works produced for the 1999 exhibition German Open at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; the deliberately "unfinished" Primer Pictures; the perforated, monochrome aluminum Lightweight Paintings; and the newest series, Private Collection, produced for a 2009 exhibition in Oslo.

English summary: Johannes Itten (1888-1967) introduced the method of analyzing Old Masters into his teaching at the Bauhaus. In addition to design principles, this also involved an empathic aesthetic that partially resembled a mystical view of the essence of a work of art. This book presents an investigation of the history of the origins and the reform pedagogical points of reference of Itten's analyses. German description: In seinen Unterricht am Bauhaus brachte Johannes Itten (1888-1967) die Methode der Analyse Alter Meister ein, besonders der Werke nordalpiner Meister der Spatgotik und der Fruhrenaissance. Neben Gestaltungsprinzipien ging es dabei auch um eine Einfuhlungsasthetik, die partiell einer mystischen Wesensschau des Kunstwerks gleichkam. Vorgelegt wird eine prazise Untersuchung der Entstehungsgeschichte sowie der reformpadagogischen Bezugspunkte der Analysen Alter Meister, welche Itten seit seinen Stuttgarter Jahren vor dem Hintergrund der wachsenden Akademiekritik dieser Zeit erarbeitet hatte.

Profiles the Basic Course taught by Johannes Itten at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany and discusses how it helped students determine their creative talents, choose a career, learn elementary design.