Bauhaus by Magdalena Droste charts the fourteen-year history of Germany's most transformative school of art and design, whose fusion of fine art, craft, and technology — across disciplines from textiles to theatre — permanently altered the course of modernism.
About This Book
Founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and shuttered under political pressure in 1933, the Bauhaus existed briefly but with extraordinary consequence. Moving through three cities — Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin — the school gathered some of the 20th century's most significant creative figures: Josef and Anni Albers, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, Gunta Stölzl, Marianne Brandt, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Magdalena Droste's account captures both the institutional ambition and the intensely personal community at its core — a place united by utopian idealism and a belief in the Gesamtkunstwerk, the total work of art. For students of design history, modernism, and art education, this volume is an authoritative and compact entry point.
Key Features
- 96 pages covering the Bauhaus across painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles, ceramics, theatre, and installation
- Author: Magdalena Droste
- Covers key figures including Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Mies van der Rohe, and Marianne Brandt
- Published by Taschen, ISBN: 9783836560146
What You'll Discover
- How the Bauhaus synthesised fine art, craft, and industrial technology into a new model for design education that still resonates today
- The distinct creative cultures that emerged across the school's three successive locations in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin
- The individual contributions of the school's most influential members, from Kandinsky's painting theory to Brandt's metalwork and Stölzl's textile practice
- Why the Bauhaus endures as both a modernist landmark and a paradigm for interdisciplinary, freedom-centred art education
About the Author
Magdalena Droste is a German art historian and one of the foremost scholarly authorities on the Bauhaus. Her research has shaped the academic understanding of the school's history, pedagogy, and lasting influence on modern design.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 96
- Dimensions: 210 x 260 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783836560146
- Publisher: Taschen
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Design historians, architecture and art students, and anyone seeking a rigorous yet accessible account of the Bauhaus movement and its foundational role in shaping 20th-century modernism.