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Vkhutemas




VKhUTEMAS was closely parallel to the German Bauhaus in its intent, organization and scope. Both schools were state-sponsored initiatives to merge the craft tradition with modern technology, with a Basic Course in aesthetic principles, courses in color theory, industrial design, and architecture. Both schools flourished in a relatively liberal period, and were closed under pressure from increasingly totalitarian regimes.

Professors at the school included some of the significant names of Russia philosophy, art and architecture of the period, most of them associated with , Vladimir Andreevic , Aleksandr Larionov , Vladimir Favorsky , Konstantin Melnikov , Vasily Kandinsky , Naum Gabo , El Lissitzky , Vladimir Tatlin , Moisei Ginzburg , Meer Akselrod and Gustav Klutsis .