Bauhaus

Despite the fact that Germany's Bauhaus Art School lasted just less than fifteen years (it was closed down by the Nazis in 1933) it produced the most influential design movement of the modern era The Bauhaus represented the distillation of every element of the Modern Movement. The creativity of the students and tutors of this remarkable institution knew no bounds, among its alumni were its founders: Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, and Herbert Bayer. Containing more than fifty illustrations, this book celebrates a movement that was the blueprint for so much of the design and architecture in the twentieth century.Judith Carmel-Arthur is the author of 'Bauhaus', published 2000 under ISBN 9781858689913 and ISBN 1858689910.