Bauhaus

Bauhaus

Bauhaus was founded by Gropius in 1919 in Germany. It included fine arts and design education together. Some of the artists were: Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Josef Albers.

The Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1925 where a new building was built.

"If today's arts love the machine, technology and organization, if they aspire to precision and reject anything vague and dreamy, this implies an instinctive repudiation of chaos and a longing to find the form appropriate to our times," Oskar Schlemmer.

In the 20th Century, the Bauhaus was one of the most influential art school. It had a major impact on Europe and US. The word,''Bauhaus,'' means house of building. Gropius wanted some respect for craft and technique in all types of media. The Bauhaus

had all types of media such as: Typography, Graphic design, Media, Industrial design, Interior design, Architecture and Fine arts.

Why was the Bauhaus Movement so Important for Modern Architecture?

For the building, they preferred to use only primary colours with geometric shapes. Their aim was to create products wit simple shapes and easy to produce. Below is an example of a simple chair.

Courses were also held at the Bauhaus for the students to have a basic education about art. In the 1924 till 1928 was the most important time for the Bauhaus because Theo van Doesburg influenced them during De Stijl movement. The school had a strong understanding of basic design due to the, 'Form follows function,' theory. They had an understanding of: composition, colour and discipline.

Klee thaught the students about colours which were going to change the ideas in the 20th Century.

The Nazi put on pressure on the Bauhaus and Gropius resigned. Its structure became less rigid and Meyer wanted to decorate the walls and the furniture.

Wassily Kandinsky thought the form theory and colour so that they can understand abstraction. Kandinsky believed that the primary colours were the most important to create a composition.

Moholy Nagy was also an important artist who used to be interested in the concepts of space and about photography.

Herbert Bayer
Herbert made the Bauhaus font called Universal. The font was simple, sans-serif and it complemented the Bauhaus style. The title of the font itself meant that anyone can read it because it's rounded and easy to read.

Nowadays, thanks to the Bauhaus, we can see the connection between design and functionality.

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