Bauhaus

Operating from 1919 to 1933, Staatliches Bauhaus was a German design school well known for the types of designs they focused on, taught and publicized. It was the most influential modernist art school in the 1900's. It was formed due to the trend of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Better known as Bauhau, which means "school of building", this department combined the aspect of crafts and architecture with the fine arts. Even thought the founder, Walter Gropius, was an architect, the school did not have an architecture program in its first years. However, it was created to produce complete art, where all the elements of art (like architecture) would be integrated together. Bauhaus was operated in three parts in Germany: first in Weimar, then in Dessau and lastly in Berlin. There were also three directors during those three periods: Walter Gropius, Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe. Unfortunately, this school was shut down do the tension of Nazi influence and regimen. It was founded to create unity between architecture, art and technology (all arts). They taught fine art and design education. They also did not teach any history of art, since they believed that art itself had to be created using the fist principles and not the previous ones (precedent). Even though they were not exactly a group (they were a school), there were many known Bauhaus artists: Marcel Breuer, Wassily Kandinsky, Max Bill and more.

The style created in Bauhaus was very important in art history because it greatly influenced posterior development and growth of architecture, typography, are and graphic, interior and industrial design. In addition, it contributed on Modernist Architecture and modern design. It also influenced art in other countries, like Europe, the United States and Canada, due to the exile of many artists and creators by the Nazi government. One of the most important impacts that Bauhaus formed was in the department of modern furniture design, like the Cantilever chair and the Wassily chair. Also, the great Steve Jobs was inspired by the Bauhaus style and integrated their concept in his inventions. This movement greatly inspired, developed and contributed to the growth of the arts, crafts and technology, integrating them all together to form the "complete or total art."