Bauhaus. Updated Edition

The Bauhaus School of Art and Design changed the face of modernity in a 14-year period between two world wars with a fusion of fine art, craftsmanship, and technology. This book is made in collaboration with the Bauhaus-Archiv /Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin and features 550 illustrations of realized works, leading principles, and personalities. It is a defining account of its energy and rigor as a trailblazing movement in modernism and a paradigm of art education.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2019
Publisher: Taschen GmbH

Between two world wars, the German Bauhaus School of Art and Design had a transformative impact on modernity in just 14 years. With utopian visions for the future, the school pioneered a groundbreaking fusion of fine art, craftsmanship, and technology, which it applied across various media and practices, from film to theater, sculpture to ceramics. This comprehensive book, in collaboration with the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin, is the world's largest collection on the history of the Bauhaus. It features over 550 illustrations, including architectural plans, studies, photographs, sketches, and models, that capture not only the realized works but also the core principles and personalities of this idealistic creative community through its three successive locations in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin. From informal group gymnastics shots to drawings guided by Paul Klee, from extensive architectural plans to Marianne Brandt's sleek ashtray, the collection is a vibrant testament to the Bauhaus vision of a "total" work of art. Updated to commemorate the Bauhaus centennial, this book offers a definitive account of the movement's energy and rigor. It not only stands as a pioneering force in modernism but also as a paradigm of art education, where creative expression and cutting-edge ideas converged to produce simultaneously functional and beautiful creations. Featured artists include Josef Albers, Marianne Brandt, Walter Gropius, Gertrud Grunow, Paul Klee, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Lilly Reich.

Weight: 3458g
Dimension: 338 x 266 x 41 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783836572828