Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus art movement with Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art docent, Deborah Robin.
Even if you have never heard of the short-lived Bauhaus art and design school closed by the Nazis in 1933, you will be surprised by how familiar you find their work. Hitler tried to silence its teachers and students, but many fled Germany to spread Bauhaus design innovations around the world. With lots of visual examples, we’ll see how the Bauhaus artists changed the prevailing pre-WWI aesthetic from elaborate to sleek, from intricate to simple, and from ornamental to practical. The Bauhaus design principles of simplicity and functionality are just as applicable now as they were 100 years ago when the school was founded.
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