Below is a glossary article post in the category B which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Black Mountain College based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Black Mountain College
So, what is actually meant by Black Mountain College?
Black Mountain College is a very influential tertiary institution founded in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA, in 1933 where teaching is experimental and committed to interdisciplinary approaches.
Explanation of Black Mountain College
Progressive principles of higher education are based on John Rice’s educational theory, its founder. In the curriculum, drama, music, and fine arts given the same status for all other academic subjects. Teaching is informal and stress placed in communal life activities and outdoors. Most of the work of running universities and maintaining buildings is carried out by students and faculties. Black Mountain quickly became an extraordinary power plant from modern culture in America. Artists related to universities including Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham, Willem de Kooning, Cy Twombly, John Cage and Anni Albers.
The advisory council includes Albert Einstein, and among his teachers are some of the biggest figures of modern American culture. They were among the founders of Bauhaus, architect Walter Gropius, and Teacher Bauhaus Josef Albers, who had fled from Nazi Germany after the closing of Bauhaus in the same year and became one of the first teachers on campus.
In 1949 Albers and others went as a result of the internal division. The college was dissolved under poet Charles Olson but was finally closed in 1953.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix B, as well as terms associated with B.
Meaning of Black Mountain College in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Black Mountain College.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Black Mountain College (Indonesian), Kolej Gunung Ireng (Java), and Kuliah gunung hideung in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Black Mountain College.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix B. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
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