Bauhaus. Fotografie

The Bauhaus, founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, is considered the most renowned institute of applied arts, design and architecture of our times in the Germany of today. Up to 1933 when it was closed by the National Socialists, Bauhaus concepts, works and workshop products influenced the perception of art, architecture and design throughout the world. Its stylistic principles inspired art movements such as modernism, nonobjective art and futurism and artists such as Luigi Veronesi, Bruno Munari and Gio Ponti. Our current image of the Bauhaus depends in great part on photography since much of what was produced has been destroyed. The gamut of pictures ranges from professional photographs of architecture and objects, to stage photographs and artistic experimentation, including techniques of montage and collage.