Monday, September 28, 2009

The Bauhaus...

The Bauhaus was created in Weimar in 1919. It was created by the German Architect, Walter Gropius. The Bauhaus combined architecture, painting, and sculpting into one. Combining the fine arts and education in the arts, The Bauhaus was the perfect combination of learning and creativity. Some teachers were, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Josef Albers. Special workshops were set up for students learning about the Bauhaus theory such as, metalworking, cabinet making, weaving, pottery, typography, and wall painting.

The school moved from Weimar to Dessau, where a new building was designed that housed many features that would be a part of modern arcitecture such as, "steel-frame construction, a glass curtain wall, and an asymmetrical, pinwheel plan, throughout which Gropius distributed studio, classroom, and administrative space for maximum efficiency and spatial logic." -Alexandra Griffith Winton.

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