Bauhaus movement
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The Bauhaus movement was an influential early 20th-century German art, design, and architecture school and style that fused fine arts with crafts and industrial design, helping to define the principles of modernism.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bauhaus architecture | 4 |
| Bauhaus students | 1 |
| Neues Bauen movement | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural movement
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art movement ⓘ design movement ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernism ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
asymmetrical compositions
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exposed structural elements ⓘ flat roofs and cubic volumes in architecture ⓘ primary colors and neutral palettes ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Bauhaus Dessau building
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surface form:
Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
UNESCO World Heritage designation of Bauhaus sites ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
emphasis on mass production
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form follows function ⓘ functionalism ⓘ integration of fine arts and crafts ⓘ rejection of ornament ⓘ unity of art, craft, and technology ⓘ use of simple geometric forms ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| dissolutionDate | 1933 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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graphic design ⓘ industrial design ⓘ interior design ⓘ textile design ⓘ theatre design ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Walter Gropius ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bauhaus Berlin
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Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
surface form:
Bauhaus Dessau
Bauhaus Weimar ⓘ
surface form:
Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar
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| inception | 1919 ⓘ |
| influenced |
International Style
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furniture design ⓘ graphic design ⓘ industrial design ⓘ modern architecture ⓘ typography ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arts and Crafts movement
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De Stijl ⓘ constructivism ⓘ industrialization ⓘ |
| legacy | spread internationally through émigré teachers and architects ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Weimar ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Berlin
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Dessau ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Anni Albers
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Gunta Stölzl ⓘ Hannes Meyer ⓘ Josef Albers ⓘ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ László Moholy-Nagy ⓘ Marcel Breuer ⓘ Oskar Schlemmer ⓘ Paul Klee ⓘ Walter Gropius ⓘ Wassily Kandinsky ⓘ |
| politicalContext | closed under pressure from the Nazi regime ⓘ |
| teachingApproach |
preliminary course in basic design
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workshop-based education ⓘ |
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Fagus Factory in Alfeld
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Neues Bauen movement
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Bauhaus architecture
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Fagus Factory in Alfeld
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Bauhaus architecture
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Bauhaus students
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Bauhaus architecture