Bauhaus - Taschen Basic Art Series

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Discover how Germany's Bauhaus school revolutionized modern art and design in just fourteen years between the world wars. This movement blended art, craft, and technology to reshape creative expression across multiple disciplines.

An innovative fusion of art, craftsmanship, and technology that defined modernism and transformed art education.

During a brief but impactful fourteen-year span, the Bauhaus school emerged in Germany, nestled between two world wars, and forever changed the face of modernity. Driven by utopian visions for the future, the school pioneered a unique blend of fine art, craftsmanship, and technology. This approach influenced a wide range of fields including painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles, ceramics, theatre, and installation art.

Founded by Walter Gropius (1883-1969), the Bauhaus was as much a close-knit personal community as it was a forward-thinking collective. Its members included notable figures such as Josef and Anni Albers, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, Gunta Stölzl, Marianne Brandt, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Over its three successive locations in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin, the school encouraged a vibrant exchange between teachers and students. Despite their diverse artistic styles and preferences, they were united by a shared idealism and a commitment to creating a "total" work of art that spanned multiple practices and media.

This book honors the daring innovation of the Bauhaus movement, highlighting its role as a pioneer of modernism and a model for art education. It showcases how an environment fostering complete creative freedom and cutting-edge ideas led to designs that were both functional and beautiful.

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