The Spirit of the Bauhaus

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✅ Architects 👨‍💼, sculptors, painters, we 👥⬅️ all must return ↪️ to the crafts! declared the architect 👨‍💼 Walter Gropius in his 👤👨⬅️ Bauhaus manifesto. Founded 🔍️ as an art 🎨 school 🏫 in 1️⃣9️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ and ➕ forced to close in 1️⃣9️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ by the Nazis, the Bauhaus established itself as a major influence on 2️⃣0️⃣th-century art 🎨 and ➕ design that continues to this day. The Bauhaus opened 😃 in Weimar, the progressive heart 💘 of Germany’s postwar republic. Under its first 🥇 director, Walter Gropius, students 👨‍🎓️ were taught by some of the most celebrated artists 👨‍🎨 of the time ⏱️, including Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger and ➕ Wassily Kandinsky. The school 🏫 moved to Dessau in 1️⃣9️⃣2️⃣2️⃣, under its radical new 🆕 director Hannes Meyer, and ➕ to Berlin in 1️⃣9️⃣3️⃣2️⃣ under architect 👨‍💼 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. In 1️⃣9️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ the Gestapo forced the Bauhaus to close for the last time ⏱️. This volume uncovers the sources of inspiration that brought the Bauhaus into existence, from medieval cathedrals of Europe 🌍️ and ➕ Hokusai prints 👣 to William Morris and ➕ Arts 🎨 and ➕ Crafts. Each of the various workshops and ➕ courses at the Bauhaus is explored in detail, illustrating the extraordinary wealth of experimentation 🥼 in every field 🏑: ceramics, woodwork, metalwork, textiles, glass 🥛-painting 🖼️, sculpture, mural, printing 👣 and ➕ binding, typography and ➕ publicity, theatre 🎭️, architecture and ➕ photography. This essential and ➕ accessible ♿️ guide to the Bauhaus, its history and ➕ turbulent political context, provides the key 🔑 to understanding why ❓️ it is recognized as the most durable and ➕ influential source of modern ideas 💡 about art 🎨, design and ➕ craft.

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