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for many artists architects and
historians the bauhaus is a symbol of
modernism and artistic ingenuity
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however to the vast majority of people
the bauhaus seems like a rather peculiar
and short-lived german art school
honestly both views are accurate
let's take a closer look at the bauhaus
in this video
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during its heyday the bauhaus was a
cradle of modern design
the founder of the school was a
modernist architect walter gropius
on the one hand he had created an
entirely new type of school with the
bauhaus
where students could be turned into
masters on the other
he helped to turn the bauhaus into a
kind of free-for-all experimental
laboratory
school always had a unique atmosphere as
gropius's dream of a community of
designers
apprentices and craftsmen became a
reality the school grew into a kind of
commune
people from different backgrounds all
lived in close proximity to one another
they worked together partied together
and shared ideas with one another
as a result many people viewed the
school as a kind of secular cult
or even set
for example one of the main masters of
the school johannes in
had a magnetic effect on the students
his supporters were primarily concerned
with physical
and spiritual cleansing they saw their
path to self-knowledge
and meditation in believed that in order
to remove the veil of the false world
and see the truth
it was necessary to prepare the body
with the help of vegetarianism
exercise fasting and enemas
at one point the students of in carried
out their ritualistic body cleansing in
the city fountain of weimar
which led to conflicts with the city
administration as a result
walter gropius relieved it in from his
post in 1923
forcing him to leave the school for good
it was not the only master who acted as
both an artist and a prophet
many of the school's teachers held
complex philosophical views
and sometimes unwittingly bewitched
their students
in addition to its philosophical and
political effects the bauhaus was
notorious for its outrageous
parties gropius supported the idea that
theater shows
lectures poetry music and costume
parties
should all be part of the training
program in his opinion
rest and relaxation were no less
important for creative thinking than
work
oscar schlemmer who had held the
position of head of the theater workshop
since 1923
offered an answer for the peculiar
holidays he believed that
play was the power that made creativity
possible
schlemmer used parties as an
experimental stage for his workshop
the most famous product of the workshop
was the triadic ballet
where the structure of the human body
was destroyed with the help of complex
volumetric geometric costumes
turning a human into a puppet the
bauhaus parties never lost their moments
of madness
but when the school moved to this out
the parties took on
an increasingly professional tone
despite its bizarre and challenging
reputation the bauhaus fundamentally
changed the world of design
especially when it came to furniture in
the 14 years of its existence
the school students created many
legendary designs
one of the most famous products created
at the school was a basil
chair by marcel lajos brewer this chair
was very much liked by wassily kandinsky
decades later when brewer relaunched the
mass production of these chairs in italy
in the 1960s
he paid tribute to the artist and
renamed the chair vasily
the most famous example of female
creativity at the bauhaus came from mary
anne brandt
in her legendary teapot at its core the
teapot was made to be functional
this bout prevents the drops from
rolling down while the wooden handle was
heat resistant
that said brandt didn't forget to make
it aesthetically pleasing
in fact brant liked her original design
so much
that she made several versions of the
product from different materials
toneback alloy silver and nickel plated
silver
walter gropius's dream that as in the
middle ages architecture would be the
final product of the synthesis of arts
at the first major bauhaus exhibition in
weimar in 1923
a group of students george mucci gunthes
daiso
alma sidhoff boucher and marcel brewer
built the haas om horn as a reflection
of a new way of life
to show the versatility of his project
gropius even shot a promotional video
about what a modernist lifestyle should
look like the main architectural project
of the bauhaus was the school building
itself in dasao
designed by walter gropius it was an ode
to the functionalism and machine
aesthetics of the 20th century
the building also served as an
advertisement for goods produced under
the bauhaus patent
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sadly all good things must come to an
end
the bauhaus went through three different
stages weimar
desau and berlin during this time the
school had three directors
walter gropius hans meyer and ludwig
mize van der rohe
none of these phases were easy but
rojo's years were the most difficult by
far
in 1930 the school had to be temporarily
closed and the dissenters disbanded
students protested the closure in the
center of the nazi party
but this only delayed the inevitable
hitler became chancellor of germany
and in the early morning of april 11
1933
the school was closed by the police
those who did not have proper
documentation were taken away in trucks
despite permission from the authorities
to reopen the school with some changes
in august of that year
ludwig mais van der rohe notified
everyone
that the school was permanently closing
due to the difficult
economic situation
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modern art and design might be
completely different if not for the
bauhaus school
even though it had a short and
tumultuous history the bauhaus had a
tremendous impact
on both art and mass production in the
20th century
to this day reflections of the bauhaus's
products and vision can be seen in
products at art pieces
around the world what do you find most
interesting about the story of the
bauhaus
can you think of any other art schools
that can compare to it
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