Bauhaus

The Bauhaus school of art and design in Germany transformed modernity in a brief fourteen years, fusing fine art, craftsmanship, and technology across various disciplines. Founded by Walter Gropius, it included notable figures such as Josef and Anni Albers, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, Gunta Stölzl, Marianne Brandt, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The school's three locations in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin fostered creative exchange and a "total" work of art across different practices and media. This book celebrates the Bauhaus movement's innovative spirit and its legacy as a paradigm of art education.

Format: Hardback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 27 March 2021
Publisher: Taschen GmbH

Germanys Bauhaus school of art and design, a remarkable four-year period between two world wars, revolutionized the face of modernity with its utopian ideals for the future. Founded by Walter Gropius (1883–1969) and comprising a diverse group of artists and designers, the Bauhaus fused fine art, craftsmanship, and technology to create a new aesthetic language that would be applied across various disciplines, including painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles, ceramics, theatre, and installation. The school was not only a personal community but also a publicly minded collective, fostering intense exchange between teachers and students with varied artistic styles and preferences. Its three successive locations in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin provided a fertile ground for creative collaboration and innovation. This book celebrates the adventurous innovation of the Bauhaus movement, both as a trailblazer in the development of modernism and as a paradigm of art education. It highlights the all-encompassing freedom of creative expression and cutting-edge ideas that led to functional and beautiful creations.

Weight: 610g
Dimension: 264 x 213 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783836560146