Description

During a brief but transformative fourteen-year period between two world wars, Germany’s Bauhaus school of art and design revolutionized modernity. With a visionary approach to the future, the school merged fine art, craftsmanship, and technology, influencing a wide range of disciplines, including painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles, ceramics, theatre, and installation.

Founded by Walter Gropius (1883–1969), the Bauhaus became both a close-knit creative community and a public-minded collective. Its influential members included Josef and Anni Albers, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, Gunta Stölzl, Marianne Brandt, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Across its three locations in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin, the school fostered dynamic exchanges between teachers and students, each with distinct artistic styles but united by a shared vision of creating a “total” work of art across multiple disciplines.

This book honors the bold innovation of the Bauhaus movement, recognizing it as both a pioneering force in modernism and a groundbreaking model for art education. By embracing creative freedom and forward-thinking ideas, the Bauhaus inspired functional yet beautifully designed works that continue to shape the world of art and design today.