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Today the term Bauhaus is virtually synonymous with an entire age. In fact it was a college for design which existed for only 14 years and which did not have more than 1,250 students during that time. The historical Bauhaus is linked with three places, namely Weimar, the place where the Bauhaus was founded in 1919; then with the move to Dessau 1925, and the opening of the Bauhaus building which is known today as an "icon of Modernism" and the masters' houses; and finally with its closure by the National Socialists in Berlin 1933.
This book leads for the first time to all Bauhaus locations in Germany. The presentation combines historical and current photographs. A comprehensive service section and detailed maps make the volume not only a practical handbook but also a good travel companion.
About the author
Ingolf Kern, geboren 1966 in Bad Muskau, lebt in Berlin, war u.a. Feuilletonredakteur bei der Welt und der FAZ. Seit Herbst 2014 ist er Direktor der Abteilung Medien und Kommunikation der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz.
Susanne Knorr, 1969 in Magdeburg geboren, studierte in Jena, Aix-en-Provence und Montpellier Kunstgeschichte, germanistische Literaturwissenschaft und Philosophie. Seit 2007 ist sie als freie Kunsthistorikerin und Publizistin tätig.
Christian Welzbacher, geboren 1970 in Offenbach am Main, ist Kunsthistoriker und freier Journalist. Er schrieb u.a. für »Die Zeit« und das Feuilleton der »FAZ«. Heute arbeitet er u.a. für die »Süddeutsche Zeitung«. Sein Buch »Die Staatsarchitektur der Weimarer Republik« (2006) wurde mit mehreren Preisen ausgezeichnet.
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Today the term Bauhaus is virtually synonymous with an entire age. In fact it was a college for design which existed for only 14 years and which did not have more than 1,250 students during that time. The historical Bauhaus is linked with three places, namely Weimar, the place where the Bauhaus was founded in 1919; then with the move to Dessau 1925, and the opening of the Bauhaus building which is known today as an “icon of Modernism” and the masters’ houses; and finally with its closure by the National Socialists in Berlin 1933.
This book leads for the first time to all Bauhaus locations in Germany. The presentation combines historical and current photographs. A comprehensive service section and detailed maps make the volume not only a practical handbook but also a good travel companion.
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"For those itching to explore design's most ambitious movement, the Bauhaus Travel Book is indispensable."
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"For those itching to explore design's most ambitious movement, the Bauhaus Travel Book is indispensable."
-Departures Home + Design