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The Bauhaus Revolution: How Germany Redesigned the Modern World
In 1919, in the wake of Germany's defeat in World War I, architect Walter Gropius founded a radical new school in Weimar: the Bauhaus. Its mission was to bridge the gap between art and industry, creating functional, beautiful objects for the masses. This episode explores the Bauhaus's tumultuous journey through Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin, its visionary teachers like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and László Moholy-Nagy, and its iconic innovations from the Barcelona chair to the Fagus Factory. We delve into the political pressures that forced its closure under the Nazis, who saw it as…
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