Object Lessons

A fresh look at the influential pedagogy and practice pioneered by the Bauhaus

Founded by architect Walter Gropius (1883ddash;1969) in 1919, the Bauhaus was the 20th centuryosquo;s most influential school of art, architecture, and design. After the school was shuttered under pressure from the Nazis in 1933, many Bauhaus artists brought their innovative practices and teaching methods to the United States. Gropius himself accepted a position at Harvard, where he would help establish a collection of Bauhaus material that has since grown to more than 30,000 objectsedash;the largest such collection outside Germany. Harvard in turn became an unofficial center for the Bauhaus in America. Written by established and emerging voices in the field, the scholarship presented here expands on the special link between the two institutions, while highlighting understudied aspects of the Bauhaus, such as weaving, photography, and art made by women. Accompanied by beautiful illustrationsadash;some of never-before-published objectsedash;this book yields fascinating insights for Bauhaus devotees and design aficionados.