The Bauhaus school is one of the most influential modernistic movements in art and architecture. The founder of Bauhaus, Walter Gropius, believed that art should be created through the use of machines

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             The Bauhaus began life in 1919 in town of Weimar, Germany. The school was build into a world quite different from the one, which we inhabit, yet its influence is still manifestly at work. The question that the “Bauhaus raised is how art and craft should be thought, about the nature of good design, about the effects the buildings have one who live in them” (Whitford). The effects that the building have on the people who view it. These question are still being asked and with the same urgency. The Bauhaus school is one of the most influential modernistic movements in art and architecture. The founder of Bauhaus, Walter Gropius, believed that art should be created through the use of machines. This evident of this were created by the various forms of textiles and architecture (http://tiger.towson.edu/users/kwitts1/). The school of Bauhaus was rebuilt 1925 in Dessau, in order to, suit and expand its tasks and, due to, the Nazis closed the Bauhaus school in Germany in 1933 during the ware.    

           Bauhaus is considered to be one of the most and greatest influences on modern architecture and design. It has affected the architecture design of modern buildings to a big extent. This is because, the concept of Bauhaus is that to teach people how to simply create and designs using affordable materials. In order to, prove Bauhaus ‘concept the building of Bauhaus was build in brilliant way to have a distinguish architecture and design. This was done, by the use of flat roofs, white plaster walls, steel frames and concrete bases. As result, the building up until now is considered to be one of the firsts and considered to be one of the most famous buildings of modern architecture. More over, Bauhaus had a great effect no only on Germany at this time (1919-1925), but also throughout the European countries and had its greatest influence in America, Since Americans have been building most of their buildings using the Bauhaus’ concept. Also, because many teachers left the Bauhaus school in Germany and went to the united state, this is because, the Nazis closed the school. Many of the teachers for Bauhaus came to some of the most prestigious school in the United States. These teachers developed new schools to spread the teaching of Bauhaus throughout the United States and further develop their ideas in freer thinking society ().

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              There are a number of aims and reasons behind the creation of Bauhaus. During the early months of Bauhaus was to reform the art education and to create a new kind of society. Due to, the economic crisis at this time, the Bauhaus was forced to change quickly and redefine its aims to fulfil its goals through a way of idealism with realism. During the second phase, which last from 1923 to the end of 1925, the romantic ideas of artistic “self-expression” were gradually replaced by the “quasi-scientific ideas”. These changes had important ...

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