The Bauhaus
I found an interesting page on History.com that talked about the Bauhaus. I found this to be very intriguing! I had never heard of the Bauhaus before this class. I learned that not only is it a place, or a school if you will, but it is also an artistic movement that can still be seen everywhere around us to this very day.
The Bauhaus was a school that opened in Germany in 1919, where students and instructors of all walks of life came together and worked in tandem to create abstract works, with little emotion. They combined artistry with architecture and craftsmanship to produce things like household furniture. Their designs were renowned and mass produced. This school also offered women a chance to pursue their artistic endeavors, considering that this was hard for women to do in Germany, especially during the reign of the Nazi regime, who eventually forced the school to close in the year 1933. The Nazis of course viewed the teachings of the school as being embedded with Soviet Communist values, so the Nazis insisted that they replace some of the staff members at the school with Nazis. The faculty refused this and was forced to shut down the Nazi regime.