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The Bauhaus at Weimar: Art, Politics, and the First Four Years
In this episode, Lucas and Luna revisit the Bauhaus story from its very beginning — the tumultuous first four years in Weimar, from 1919 to 1923. They explore the vision of Walter Gropius, the radical curriculum that combined craft and fine art, and the school's struggle against political hostility from the Thuringian right. They discuss the role of the Vorkurs (preliminary course) invented by Johannes Itten, the influence of expressionism and theosophy, and the financial crises that nearly killed the school before it moved to Dessau. The episode also covers the Bauhaus exhibition of…
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