Helvetica

Notes:
-Types present a mood, or atmosphere
  --Most used font
-Typography is actually white; all about the spaces between the lines
  --Life of a designer is a life of fight
-American Airlines hasn't changed their Helvetica logo in years
  --Helvetica emerges in 1957
-Modernists believe typfaces should be clear &straightforward; grids are used to make clear and readable; to give it order
  --Helvetica's first name was actually Hamburg Maschinenbaues
-Handwritten typeface was very common in the 1950s
  --Choosing typeface controls the voice of the message; changes how the reaction to it shall turn out
-Has become the typeface of capitalism
  --Can't use a typeface too much or it loses its excitement
-Originally tried breaking away from Helvetica; handwritten, expressive type came back
  --Just because you can read something doesn't mean it conveys itself correctly
-Typography has thought to have been fully explored, leaving its time to draw to a close

  --Typeface, in the end, also brought with it the ability to express a person's personality through it

Bauhaus: The Face of the 20th Century

Notes:
-The Bauhaus was the focal point of many avante-garde ideas & tried dealing with life on an aesthetic level; was the greatest design school of the 20th century
  --Bauhaus contributed in the fact that it created what Walter Gropius, founder of "The Bauhaus" ("The Building") Institution, likes to call 'visual science'
-Walter was a German architect who thought of The Bauhaus and dreamed of it during his services as an officer in The Great War
  --1919_Manifesto made by Walter about The Bauhaus; aim of all creative activities was building
-Bauhaus born in old city of Weimar, the same city that's the birthplace also of the German Declaration
  --Workshops established to train people in two ways: as artists as well as craftsmen; known as 'backbone' of The Bauhaus
-Bauhaus staff originally consisted of the most original artists known around at the time
  --Basic structure of Compulsory Foundation Coarse (made by metaphysics painter Johann) was to basically help students find their own way of creating
-The Bauhaus attracted politically radical students
 --Segregation originally not used in The Bauhaus, as Walter believed all were or could be craftsmen, but implemented stereotypical classes for women such as weaving workshops when a large number enrolled, enough to make Walter worry over what could happen should they not be able to make certain things that males can
-One brilliant woman (Marianna), however, was in metal workshops making beautiful household materials from copper and other metals
 --Primary colors & shapes inspired the creation of the theater workshop
-Had first public exhibition in 1923, showing results of first few years work & revealed transition from expressionistic, early Bauhaus to the later, constructivist Bauhaus
 --Publicly closed Bauhaus in Weimar when nazis flooded around government; they reopened in Dessau in 1925
-The Bauhaus moved to Berlin after Nazis shut them down in Dessau, them (the nazis) believing that since they were communists that they must be evil
 --Shut down in Berlin soon after moving, with even some nazi soldiers taking some of the students

-The Bauhaus 'died' in Germany, but Chicago turned out becoming the architectural proving ground for the industrial sized world

We-Andreia, Gwendolyn, and I-are doing our project on The Origin Of Comic Strips In America. We are going to create our timeline starting in 1892 when the first comics started appearing in American newspapers, and from there we are going to show its progression through out the years. We will mention the first comic to pave the way for the success of comic strips (1896 Richard Felton Outcault's the "The yellow kid"). From there we will learn the different comics and styles throughout the years. Such as the first strip to tell a story, the first comic with a continuing story,the first comic-strip reprint collection, the first to gain widespread attention about a working woman, the first successful daily comic, the first comic to show individuals growing with it in real time, the first comics to be printed in what becomes the standard size for modern comic books: 5.5" x 8", the first action comics, the first detective comics, first marvel comic and so on. In other words we will show the evolution of the comic strip in America, using a timeline in the fashion of comic panels.

-Lutrek, aristocrat, lurked around populated areas; comes from noble & distinguished family
-Spontaneous projecting in his work
-Had a flair for sketching & painting rural scenes
-Searches for inner life in his subjects
-Painted public spaces & working class woman's portraits
-1887--painted Moulin Rouge dancers
-Passion  for Japanese art, showed in his painting through silhouettes in Moulin Rouge poster
-Entertainment business kept him going in his art for the rest of his life
-Different paintings of prostitutes made, all showing different subject matter, from sympathy to criticism
-Created a drink named 'The Earthquake' when becoming an alcoholic
-Put in asylum by family when drinking and life became out of his control

-Drew circus during time in asylum to show him getting better, only to lose control once more after being released