What is the Bauhaus?
Q: What is the Bauhaus?
A: The Bauhaus was a design school that operated from 1919 to 1933 in Germany.
Q: What type of art did the Bauhaus promote?
A: The Bauhaus promoted modernism.
Q: What subjects were taught at the Bauhaus?
A: The Bauhaus taught painting, photography, advertising, weaving, architecture, and the design of furniture and household products.
Q: How did the work produced by the Bauhaus influence the world?
A: The work produced by the Bauhaus had a world-wide influence on art, design, photography, architecture, and art education.
Q: Where was the Bauhaus located?
A: From 1919 to 1925 it was in Weimar, in the state of Thuringia and from 1926 to 1932 it was in Dessau, in the state of Sachsen-Anhalt. It operated as privately funded school in Berlin from the end of 1932 until April 1933.
Q: Who were some of the famous artists and architects that worked at the Bauhaus?
A: The staff included some of the most famous artists and architects of the 20th century, including Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, László Moholy-Nagy, Marcel Breuer, Josef Albers, Anni Albers, Oskar Schlemmer, and Hannes Meyer.
Q: Have the former buildings of the Bauhaus been recognized by UNESCO?
A: Yes, the former buildings in Weimar and Dessau were jointly made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
