What was the Bauhaus?

Websites

The Art Story - http://www.theartstory.org/movement-bauhaus.ht

The Bauhaus Manifesto - http://bauhaus-online.de/en/atlas/das-bauhaus/idee/manifest

Bauhaus Building Dessau

Slatted Chair, 1923

Marcel Breuer

Paul Klee, Architectur m. d. Fenster, 1919, 157

Zentrum Paul Klee, Berne

Johannes Itten, The Encounter, 1916
Kunsthaus Zürich, (1964/5)

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{These are extra resources}

The Metropolitan Museum of Art  -http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bauh/hd_bauh.htm

artnet - http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/bauhaus1-28-10.asp

Barbican learning resource - http://www.barbican.org.uk/media/events/12409barbicanbauhausonlinelearningresourcefinal3.pdf

BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17932085

Bauhaus
1919-1933

Country: Germany

An influential German art school which was eventually closed down by the Nazis. Each student studied art, architecture and design with the ultimate aim of creating a better living environment for everyone. Its design principles were based on admiration for geometry and the machine.