Bauhaus came to light in the 19th century, it was created through the anxieties about the soullessness within manufacturing, and about the fears of art’s loss of purpose within society, that creativity and manufacture were drifting part, and Bauhaus was aimed at rejuvenating design for every day life.
Bauhaus maintained a stress on intellectual and theoretical pursuits and liked these to practical skills, crafts and techniques that were more reminiscent to those of the medieval guild system. Fine art and craft were brought together with the aim of problem solving for a modern industrial society.
Through this Bauhaus essentially levelled the hierarchy of arts, placing crafts on a level par with fine arts such as sculpture and painting. This then paved the way for many craft inspired artists within the late 20th century.
Bauhaus is translated from German, and means “house of building”. It was a school in 1919 that was created by an architect, Walter Gropius. The school was created from the idea of reuniting applied art with manufacturing, and to reform education.
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Marianne Brandt (German, 1893–1983)
Tea infuser and strainer, ca. 1924
Walter Gropius (German, 1883–1969)
Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar, 1919–1923,
Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940)
Ghost Chamber with the Tall Door (New Version),
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