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BAUHAUS: BUILDING THE NEW ARTIST

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Casciato, Maristella; Fox, Gary; Rochester, Katherine, Bauhaus: Building the New Artist, accessed , https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/bauhaus/new_artist/

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Casciato, Maristella; Fox, Gary; Rochester, Katherine, "Kandinsky Form and Color Exercise," Bauhaus: Building the New Artist, accessed , /research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/bauhaus/new_artist/form_color/interactive/

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    What shape is color?

    Vassily Kandinsky believed primary shapes corresponded with specific primary colors. He devised a survey to test the theory among his students. See if your answers align with the Bauhaus master’s.

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