Bauhaus. Updated Edition

In the short span of 14 years between the two world wars, Germany's Bauhaus school of art and design profoundly influenced modern aesthetics. Driven by visionary ideals, the school established an innovative integration of fine art, craftsmanship, and technology, evident across various media and disciplines, including film, theater, sculpture, and ceramics. This widely acclaimed reference book is produced in conjunction with the Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin, home to the most extensive Bauhaus collection globally. With approximately 575 illustrations, encompassing architectural plans, studies, photographs, sketches, and models, the book captures not only completed projects but also the guiding principles and key figures of this utopian artistic community through its evolution in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin. The collection is abundant in the vibrant colors, materials, and geometry that characterized the Bauhaus vision of a "total" artwork, featuring everything from candid images of group exercises to Paul Klee's instructional drawings, from detailed architectural designs to Marianne Brandt's streamlined ashtray. As we near the Bauhaus centenary, this definitive account highlights its dynamic spirit and exacting standards, celebrating the movement as a forerunner of Modernism and a model of art education, where imaginative freedom and innovative thinking produced objects that were as functional as they were beautiful. The compact edition includes contributions from artists such as Josef Albers, Marianne Brandt, Walter Gropius, Gertrud Grunow, Paul Klee, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Lilly Reich, among others.