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Also known as Staatliches Bauhaus

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UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Image
250px
UNESCO World Heritage Site.imagecaption
The Bauhaus building in Dessau was designed by Walter Gropius. It was the longest-serving of the three Bauhaus locations (1925–1932).
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Location
Germany
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
Cultural: ii, iv, vi
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
729
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
1996

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections
Contents
  • Terms and concepts
  • Bauhaus and German modernism
  • Bauhaus and Vkhutemas
  • History of the Bauhaus
  • Weimar
  • Dessau
  • Berlin
  • Architectural output
  • Impact
  • The White City
  • Sotsmisto in Zaporizhzhia
  • Centenary
  • The New European Bauhaus
  • Bauhaus staff and students
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • Explanatory footnotes
  • Citations
  • General and cited references
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|The Bauhaus emblem, designed by [[Oskar Schlemmer, was adopted in 1922.]] thumb|Typography by [[Herbert Bayer above the entrance to the workshop block of the Bauhaus Dessau, 2005]]

The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts. The school became famous for its approach to design, which attempted to unify individual artistic vision with the principles of mass production and emphasis on function.

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