Bauhaus
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- /ˈbaʊhaʊs/
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Bauhaus
- In 1919, led by Walter Gropius, it developed into the State Bauhaus in Weimar.
- Bauhaus doll
- Bauhaus performances
- Bauhaus theater
So Lazlo Maholi Nag, you know, the Bauhaus school.
- So Lazlo Maholi Nag, you know, the Bauhaus school.
- Hannes Meyer was the Swiss guy who took over the Bauhaus after Gropius and was a group communist himself.
Examples
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At the Bauhaus, as elsewhere in the Weimar Republic, the New Woman embraced neue Sachlichkeit.
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The Bauhaus movement emphasized functionalism and simplicity in architecture, influencing modern design worldwide.
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The guys in the Bauhaus School.
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We're both European, we both influenced by the Bauhaus, I think by the simplicity of designs.
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Her Bauhaus environment has encased and absorbed her: chair, dress, head.
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Brecht came of age as a playwright in the mid-1920s, alongside artists of the Bauhaus school.
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The Bauhaus architects aspired to social reform by inserting their buildings into a political matrix extending beyond them.
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Her dress, designed without curves, was made by Lis Beyer in the Bauhaus weaving workshop; her shoes epitomize elegance.
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In 1919, a handful of architects founded the Bauhaus school in Germany, aiming to integrate art with technology and design.
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Her home features a Bauhaus aesthetic, showcasing clean lines and minimalistic furniture that reflect its core principles.
How Functional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bauhaus comes from the German words bau 'to build' and haus 'house', and it was the name of a famous school in Germany. The name is like a 'house for building', which helps explain why Bauhaus now means a style and school of design and architecture that prefers simple, useful forms.