Chapter 1
A radical school is born in Germany
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Chapter 2
The secrets of the Bauhaus style
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Chapter 3
The brilliant minds of the workshops
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Chapter 4
The global diaspora of Bauhaus
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YOUR GOAL
Master of The Bauhaus design revolution
Ch 1 · A radical school is born in Germany
gertrude The Bauhaus School
From Germany's Bauhaus / A bold new vision grew / Merging art with tech / Designing the world for you.
gertrude The school broke down traditional walls between painters who made art and carpenters who built furniture.
b134340 Descubre cómo el estilo Bauhaus de Walter Gropius revolucionó el diseño al eliminar adornos y hacer que la belleza dependa de la función del objeto.
BETA
b134340 Diseña estructuras únicas para descubrir cómo la forma sigue a la diversión.
Fun Fact
The Bauhaus uniform: Students wore hand-woven, loose-fitting clothes and cut their hair in radical, geometric bobs to match their designs.
Glossary
Gesamtkunstwerk (noun)
The Bauhaus concept of a 'total work of art' uniting fine artists and craftsmen. It matters because it proved everyday objects, like lamps or chairs, could be both highly functional and beautiful.
The Bauhaus concept of a 'total work of art' uniting fine artists and craftsmen. It matters because it proved everyday objects, like lamps or chairs, could be both highly functional and beautiful.
gertrude Teacher Johannes Itten made students do breathing exercises and color experiments before they designed anything.
Glossary
bauhaus (noun)
A modernist style of architecture and design characterized by functionalism and a lack of ornamentation. Architect Walter Gropius founded this influential design institution in Weimar, Germany, in April 1919.
A modernist style of architecture and design characterized by functionalism and a lack of ornamentation. Architect Walter Gropius founded this influential design institution in Weimar, Germany, in April 1919.
Quiz
What material did Walter Gropius use heavily in the Dessau school building's facade?