The ultimate, if distant, aim of the Bauhaus is the unified work of art - the great structure - in which there is no distinction between monumental and decorative art.
About This Quote
About Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius was a 19th-century American american architect. Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He was a founder of Bauhaus in Weimar and taught there for several years, becoming known as a leading proponent of the International Style. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Art — Creativity, expression, and the role of art in society