The Bauhaus

"Staatliches Bauhaus" or most commonly known as Bauhaus, a school in Germany that was for the crafts and fine arts. The school was founded by Walter Gropius. It was a union of Grand Ducal School of Arts and Crafts and the Weimar Academy of Fine Art. The roots of Bauhaus lay in the arts and crafts school founded by the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1906, this school was directed by a Belgian Art Nouveau architect namely, Henry van de Velde. However since de Velde was Belgian he was forced to resign in 1915. De Velde suggested Gropius, Hermann Obrist, and August Endell as would be successors. In 1919, after the delays cause by World War I and the lengthy debate on who should head the institution and socio-economic meaning of a reconciliation between the fine arts and the applied arts. Walter Gropius was chosen to head the institution. Gropius integrated the two ideas into which is now known as Bauhaus. Bauhaus was originally meant to be combined architecture school, crafts school and an arts academy.

The entry of Johannes Itten in the ranks of Bauhaus during 1919 to 1922 shaped the school according to his ideas and philosophies. He thought "Vorkurs" or preliminary course which was the introduction to the ideals of Bauhaus. Bauhaus even though its main aim is creativity through building was not offering architecture courses until 1927.