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Bauhaus: The School That Built Modern Germany
In 1919, an architect named Walter Gropius founded a school in Weimar that would change everything—not just design, but how we think about art, industry, and everyday life. This episode traces the Bauhaus school from its idealistic beginnings in the wake of World War I, through its move to Dessau under pressure from right-wing opponents, to its final chapter in Berlin before the Nazis shut it down in 1933. We explore the revolutionary teaching methods, the iconic figures like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Marcel Breuer, and the political battles that shaped the school's trajectory…
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