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What was the Bauhaus?
German School of applied arts, dedicated to the plastic arts, architecture and design and considered the first design school in the world.
It resulted from the merger of the Deutsche Werkbund League, the School of Arts and Crafts and the Weimar Art School
Founded by a group of professionals from various areas: artists, engineers, architects, craftsmen.
After the end of World War I, artists and intellectuals attempted to be part of the task of rebuilding the German Nation. Among them was Walter Gropius, who was still horrified by what he witnessed at the front (as well as many artists and intellectuals of the time), and decided to create a school project that would give young people the necessary skills to contribute to the country – not only in the emotional and aesthetic sense, but also financially.
In 1919 he received the invitation to run an educational arts establishment. He founded the Bauhaus. Its main feature was the reconciliation between art and crafts and the idea that art could go beyond the system of fine arts that the school promoted.
In this way, the school did not reject industrial production, rather, it tried to enrich it from aesthetics.
History and main characteristics of Bauhaus
Bauhaus – Name created by Walter Gropius, by reversing the term Hausbau (building of the house). So,Bauhaus to means house of the building – the ideology behind the school.
Gropius believed in the importance of education in the field of modernism and artistic creation.
You can know the history, principles and main artists in the next video.
Joint action of art and craft.
Advanced and diverse curriculum (art, furniture, advertising, scenery, textiles, typography, etc.)
Attribution of functionality to artistic productions "The form follows the function“.
Reflection and action on architecture and urbanism.
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