Bauhaus in 7 Minutes: Revolutionary Design Movement Explained

For many artists, architects, and historians, the Bauhaus is a symbol of modernism and artistic ingenuity. However, to the vast majority of people, the Bauhaus seems like a rather peculiar and short-lived German art school. Honestly, both views are correct. Let’s take a closer look at the Bauhaus in this video!

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Research & Script: Ksenia Grigorieva
Copyrighting: Matthew Jones
Voiceover: Caleb Mertz
Video Production: IK Video Prod

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[RoTaylorsVersion]

So good, loved the editing, narration and the whole video. Great job!

[SodaDjinn]

I feel like the video leaves out the most important part about the closure of the Bauhaus. Trying to suppress the Bauhaus and it's ideas actually drastically accelerated the global movement of the Bauhaus because students and teachers would travel abroad and spread their ideas, spawning countless Bauhaus enclaves across the world such as in the United States, Israel and even post war Japan.

[masoudmaani]

Gotta love how Bauhaus was practical in every sense, even though it looks like art from afar.

[sutekinaseigi]

The fact that this video use many different visual methods (documentary, animation, Instagram, gallery, Pinterest, et cetera.) and using search bar for separating topic captures nowadays media presentation. Splendid, subscribed for sure.

[KokoMBayer]

Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius left the school in 1928 not 1923. He lead the school from 1919-28 in Weimar and Dessau.

[Aramanth]

Bravo! Another wonderful production!
Paul Klee taught at the Bauhaus. He is my favorite artist!
The Nazis branded him a Degenerate and he fled to Switzerland.
Depressed, he finally met his hero Picasso who praised Klee's
work and lifting him out his depression. The life of artists fascinate me!
Would love to see you do one on just Paul Klee.

[VladaldTrumptin]

One of my favourites. Combining aesthetic form with practical function is the definition of genius.

[maria_casuscelli]

Great video. In Buenos Aires, we have FADU (Faculty of Architecture, Desing and Urbanism) and we build the same sense of community and collaboration they used to have in the Bauhaus.

[myinternetidentitystill]

2 years ago I was rejected from this architecture school by 2 points. Very dramatic because this school seems like heaven after this video. You gave me new ambition where to apply for my Masters degree in Architecture.

[piotrjargilo]

searched a few videos on bauhaus for the first time and watched them. Yours is is much better than the the top pics. solid vid. One up for the utube algo :)

[ninamars]

I love how you portrayed Johannes Itten and the correlation between today's lifestyle trends and how it was also present in that time!

[miriam]

I would like to compliment you on your channel. Interesting and informative videos on a range of great topics. You have gained a new fan.

[jeremiahelliott]

Great job! I'm intrigued by the art/design movement videos.

[SergioMedinahouseValuesLA]

Bauhaus is the physiological gateway out of the matrix via philosophy

[XimengZi]

Thanks for the video! As for the other schools I guess soviet Vkhutemas (later Vkhutein) with which Bauhaus had many exchanges and with which it's often compared.

[Boydster]

Bauhaus was not "peculiar", Bauhaus was ahead of its time.

[brendadrew]

Interesting! As a professional fashion illustrator/designer and floral designer I owned two black leather and chrome Bauhaus inspired "Vasily" chairs in my home in the early 1970s and there have probably been other Bauhaus design inspired items like lamps in my home like a drawing table lamp as well without even realizing it. Probably true for a great many other people as well. I've also been into semi- vegetarian eating and meditation for decades but I didn't know that was an aspect of the original Bauhaus school! Thanks for sharing more info on this topic. One learns something new everyday!! Excellent job!

[juandeanda]

I think another example of a school that impacted culture in a widespread way was Black Mountain College in North Carolina. It fostered the careers and practices of several modern contemporary artists of the late 20th century: Josef and Anni Albers, Ruth Asawa, Ray Johnson, Robert Motherwell, Dorothea Rockburne, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Buckminster Fuller, Franz Kline, and Willem and Elaine de Kooning to name a few.

[DonnaSnyder]

I only recently stumbled across you but every video is educational and stimulating. I especially enjoyed getting a more focused understanding of Bauhaus than I've previously had.

[jantschierschky]

I love art deco and Bauhaus architecture. Some of the industrial Bauhaus buildings are stunning.