Bauhaus

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Alfred D. White (Cardiff University)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Domains

Art Movements, styles and periods
Movements, Styles, Periods (architecture)

Dates

Date of occurrence 1919-1933

Places

Germany (Location)

A short-lived educational institution with few alumni and a difficult history, which never fulfilled the ambitions of its founders and directors, the Bauhaus (1919-1933) nevertheless succeeded in being at the centre of the modernist movements of the Weimar Republic and of many aspects of international modernism; leading artists and designers were proud to work there and carried the lessons of their experience in a model multidisciplinary ambiance to other countries and continents. At its purest, the Bauhaus style demands unswerving adherence to modernism in architecture, design and fine art: subordination of form to function, simplicity, use of basic geometrical figures and primary colours, …

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1548 words

Citation: White, Alfred D.. "Bauhaus". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 March 2006 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=110, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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