- It was characterised by a shift away from traditional forms of expression in the arts and literature
- It included innovative forms of expression which signalled a deliberate departure from previously existing styles of the late 19th and 20th century
- Creative disciplines often focused on expressing feelings and ideas; creating abstractions and fantasies, rather than representing the world in an accurate or real way
- A rejection of historical styles as a source of architectural form
- An adaption of the machine aesthetic
- A rejection of ornament
The Bauhaus opened in 1919 in Weimar, Germany, following its opening it relocated to Dessau in 1925 and closed in Berlin in 1933. It reopened in Chicago in 1937 and majority of the original tutors followed to its new location.
The Bauhaus wanted to combine art, craft and technology to reach a common goal and vision of purer forms of design without unnecessary decoration. It was practical, functional and clean. Ideas and principles were transferred between disciplines in an exchange of ideas towards a common goal.
There are a range of different artists and designers which are associated with Bauhaus;
- Josef Albers
- Marianne Brant
- Daniel Reed
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Paul Klee
- Lazlo Moholy Nagy
- Marcel Breuer
- Joost Schmidt
- Wilhelm Wagenfeld
- Walter Gropius
- Felix Keller
A lot of different things have been influenced by the Bauhaus, and it is ironic that we often look to and foreground the Bauhaus aesthetic as something desirable in itself.
