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20-844: The predecessor of the Angewandte was founded in 1863 as the k. k. Kunstgewerbeschule ( Vienna School of Arts and Crafts ), following the example of the South Kensington Museum in London, now the Victoria & Albert Museum , to set up a place of advanced education for designers and craftsmen with the Arts and Crafts School in Vienna. It was closely associated with the Österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie (Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry, today known as

40-764: A building on what is now the Straße des 17. Juni, which now belongs to the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1964 the art school was called the Staatliche Werkkunstschule , and from 1966 the Staatliche Akademie für Werkkunst und Mode (State academy for applied arts and fashion). In 1971, it was integrated into the Hochschule für Bildende Künste . In 1975, this became the Hochschule der Künste Berlin , which since 2001 has been

60-457: A four-year course, in which they were given a general education and also learnt specific arts and craft skills such as weaving, metalwork, painting, sculpting, etc. Some of the most well known artists of the period had been Kunstgewerbeschule students, including Anni Albers , Peter Behrens , René Burri , Otto Dix , Karl Duldig , Horst P. Horst , Gustav Klimt , Oskar Kokoschka , Egon Schiele and Oskar Schlemmer . Many students accepted into

80-749: A number of former students and teachers from the Bauhaus went to work at the school, including: Gerhard Marcks , the Rector from 1928-1933; Hans Wittwer , who ran the Architecture department; Benita Koch-Otte , who ran the weaving workshop; Marguerite Friedländer and Erich Consemüller . When the Nazis came to power in 1933, these people and other staff considered to be avant-garde were dismissed. The Painting, Graphic Design, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography and Carpentry workshops were all closed. In 1938 it

100-470: Is also one of Germany's few art colleges with full university status. Outstanding professors and students at all its colleges, as well as the steady development of teaching concepts, have publicly defined the university as a high standard of artistic and art-theoretical education. Almost all the study courses at Berlin University of the Arts are part of a centuries-old tradition. Thus Berlin University of

120-504: The Berlin State School of Fine Arts founded in 1875. In 1975, both art schools merged under the name Hochschule der Künste Berlin, HdK . The organization received the title of a university on 1 November 2001. The exchange program with UDK is a direct enrollment program offered during the fall, spring, and academic year to students interested in the arts and with four semesters of German language study. Each academic year

140-569: The Fürstliche freie Zeichenschule Weimar ( Weimar Princely Free Drawing School ), which existed from 1776-1930, and the Staatliche Bauschule Weimar (State Architecture / Building Trades School). After various mergers, restructurings and renamings, the present day Bauhaus-Universität Weimar , founded in 1996 after German reunification , operates on the former Bauhaus site, teaching art and design related courses. Quite

160-846: The MAK ). It was the first school of its kind on the continent. In 1941 it became an institution of higher education . 1941–45 it was called "Reichshochschule fuer angewandte Kunst", and in 1948 was taken over by the Austrian state as an academy . In 1970 it was awarded the title of a university and in 1998 it was renamed the Universität für angewandte Künste ( University of applied arts ). Famous artists such as Gustav Klimt , Oskar Kokoschka , Koloman Moser , Vivienne Westwood , Karl Lagerfeld , Jean-Charles de Castelbajac , Paul Kirnig, Jil Sander , Pipilotti Rist , Matteo Thun , François Valentiny , Hugo Markl and Stefan Sagmeister were part of

180-600: The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) ( Berlin University of the Arts ). A separate school, on a neighbouring site, the Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar ( Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School, Weimar ), was founded in 1860 and 1910 it became a higher education institute named the Großherzoglich Sächsische Hochschule für Bildende Kunst (Grand-Ducal Saxon School for Fine Arts). In 1919

200-511: The performing arts with around 3,500 students. Thus the UdK is one of only three universities in Germany to unite the faculties of art and music in one institution. The teaching offered at the four colleges encompasses the full spectrum of the arts and related academic studies in more than 40 courses. Having the right to confer doctorates and post-doctoral qualifications, Berlin University of the Arts

220-412: The 29 disciplines of the school, structured in 60% Austrians, 25% Europeans and 15% from other countries. The outcome of their processes is made public in ca. 200 exhibitions a year and a multitude of different events and other public presentations. Notable alumni from the university are Kunstgewerbeschule A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: School of Arts and Crafts or S chool of Applied Arts )

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240-459: The Art of Painting, Pictorial Art, and Architecture), the later Prussian Academy of Arts , at the behest of Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg . The two predecessor organisations were Königliche Akademische Hochschule für ausübende Tonkunst (Royal Academy of Musical Performing Art) established in 1869 under Joseph Joachim , which also had adopted the tradition of the famous Stern Conservatory , and

260-796: The Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin ( UdK ; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts ), situated in Berlin , Germany , is the largest art school in Europe . It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universities in the city. The university is known for being one of the biggest and most diversified universities of the arts worldwide. It has four colleges specialising in fine arts , architecture , media and design , music and

280-405: The Arts gives its students the opportunity to investigate and experiment with other art forms in order to recognise and extend the boundaries of their own discipline, at an early stage of rigorously selected artists and within the protected sphere of a study course. Within the field of visual arts , the university is known for the intense competition that involves the selection of its students, and

300-633: The buildings used by the former Kunstgewerbeschule and the neighbouring Hochschule für Bildende Kunst became the base of the newly founded Bauhaus art school. The buildings, designed by Henry van de Velde between 1904 and 1911, are now part of the Bauhaus World Heritage Site . The Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau in 1925. The buildings in Weimar were used by successor arts related educational institutions. There were also other art schools, at other sites, in Weimar, including

320-443: The growth of applicants worldwide has increased during the years due to Berlin's important current role in cultural innovation worldwide. In the same way, the University of the Arts is publicly recognized for being on the cutting edge in the areas of Visual Arts , Fashion Design , Industrial Design , and Experimental Design . The university's origins date back to the foundation of Academie der Mal-, Bild- und Baukunst (Academy of

340-546: The renowned Bauhaus art school had previously studied at Kunstgewerbeschulen. In order of date opened: During the Nazi period, in 1936, the school was renamed the Meisterschule des deutschen Handwerks der Reichshauptstadt (Master school of German trades of the imperial capital city). After the war it was again renamed as the Meisterschule für das Kunsthandwerk (Master school for arts and crafts). In 1952 it moved into

360-691: The university's staff or student body. Today its faculty includes many distinguished artists and teachers, such as Judith Eisler , Erwin Wurm , Hartmut Esslinger , Hani Rashid (of Asymptote Architecture ), Greg Lynn , Wolf D Prix (of Coop Himmelb(l)au ), Peter Weibel and the philosopher Burghart Schmidt . This School also rejected the German chancellor Adolf Hitler in 1908, many historians debate what would happen, if he would be accepted. The university has currently ca. 1,800 students and c. 380 faculty. The students come from 70 different countries to study in

380-500: Was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century. The term Werkkunstschule was also used for these schools. From the 1920s and after World War II , most of them either merged into universities or closed, although some continued until the 1970s. Students generally started at these schools from the ages of 16 to 20 years old, although sometimes as young as 14, and undertook

400-741: Was renamed the Meisterschule des Deutschen Handwerks auf Burg Giebichenstein Halle-Saale, Werkstätten der Stadt Halle (Master school of German Trades at Burg Giebichenstein Halle-Saale). "Meisterschule" was a term used by the Nazis; after World War II the school had a number of name changes. In 2011 it became the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle  [ de ] (Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design). Berlin University of

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