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| Modernism and "The Bauhaus School in Germany" |
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| Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin |
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| This was a poster that was designed for an exhibition in Leipzig in 1921 (The English translation is European Applied Arts). | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bauhaus: Derived from the German words, bauen (to build) and haus (house). -The movement was founded by Walter Gropius and lasted from about 1919-1933. -The goal was to unite the principles of aesthetic design with the influx of industrial mass production. |
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| "The Bauhaus attempts to gather all artistic creation into a single entity -- the re-unification of all the artistic handwork disciplines --sculpture, painting, the applied arts and crafts -- as indissoluble elements of a new art of building." | |||||||||||||||||||
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| -Walter Gropius, from the Program of the National Bauhaus in Wiemar, 1919. |
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| Source: http://www.artsmia.org/modernism Click here to view design examples from "The Bauhaus School." |
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| Click here to learn about leaders of the movement. | |||||||||||||||||||