Kosmos Rudolf Steiner 5.2 - 22.5.2011The 150th Anniversary Exhibition Alchemy of the Everyday@ Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart, Germanyby Vitra Design Museum, Basel

A photographic review of the exhibition by John Paull john.paull@mail.com 1

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Foyer of the Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany 3

Entering the Kosmos with image of Rudolf Steiner working on the timber sculpture The Representative of Humanity (1919)4

Plaster model for the sculpture The Representative of Humanity by Rudolf Steiner and Edith Maryon (detail)5

Portrait of Rudolf Steiner by D Huschke (1906) detail6

Rudolf Steiner was one of the most prolific authors of the twentieth century 7

First edition of The Philosophy of Freedom by Rudolf Steiner, 1894, Berlin8

Anthroposophic furniture9

Goethe’s Plants edited by Rudolf Steiner (1891-1896)10

Anthroposophic furniture, photo of the Goetheanum at the rear, desk to the right (c 1935)11

Anthroposophic furniture, photo of Haus Duldek at the rear, model of the Boiler House of the Goetheanum at the left 12

Anthroposophic furniture created for Haus Duldek, with photo of Haus Duldek at the rear 13

Anthroposophic wardrobe (Organische gestaltung = Organic design)14

Anthroposophic furniture (wardrobe, 1920s)15

Model of the Goetheanum I (c.1919) (building construction began 1913, building destroyed by fire 1922) 16

Blackboard drawing by Rudolf Steiner with motifs of the Goetheanum II (1924)17

Model of the Goetheanum II 18

Poster advertising a Eurythmy performance at the Goetheanum (1926)19

The original Waldorf School, Stuttgart (1919)20

Model of new building for the Waldorf school at Stuttgart (2003)21

Blackboard drawing by Rudolf Steiner (1923)22

Blackboard drawing by Rudolf Steiner (1924)23

The manor house at Koberwitz (now Kobierzyce), venue for Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course in 192424

First edition of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course, 1924, in German 25

Early Demeter biodynamic farmers stirring the preparations (Germany c.1935) 26

View of Schlossplatz (Stuttgart’s city square) from Kosmos27

View of Schlossplatz (Stuttgart’s city square) from Kosmos28

The Rudolf Steiner exhibition, Alchemy of the Everyday, is designed as a travelling exhibition with visits to other cities29

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Paull, J. (2011). The secrets of Koberwitz: The diffusion of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course and the founding of Biodynamic Agriculture. Journal of Social Research & Policy, 2(1), 19-29. http://orgprints.org/19518/1/Paull2011SecretsJSRP.pdf

Paull, J. (2011). Attending the first organic agriculture course: Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course at Koberwitz, 1924. European Journal of Social Sciences, 21(1), 64-70. http://orgprints.org/18809/1/Paull2011KoberwitzEJSS.pdf

Paull, J. (2011). Biodynamic Agriculture: The journey from Koberwitz to the World, 1924-1938. Journal of Organic Systems, 6(1), 27-41. http://orgprints.org/18836/1/Paull2011KoberwitzJOS.pdf

Paull, J. (2011). Rudolf Steiner and the Oxford Conference: The birth of Waldorf education in Britain. European Journal of Educational Studies, 3(1), 53-66. http://orgprints.org/18835/1/Paull2011OxfordEJES.pdf

Steiner, R. (1924). Landwirtschaftlicher Kursus gehalten zu Koberwitz 7. bis 16. Juni 1924. Dornach: " Herausgegeben von der naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion am Goetheanum.

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