{"product_id":"bauhaus-9780500204627","title":"Bauhaus","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bauhaus, a school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919, informed the aesthetic of much of our contemporary environment, influencing everything from housing developments to furniture and websites. The Bauhaus was only in operation for fourteen years before being shut down by the Nazis in 1933, but the school left a lasting mark on design and the practice of art education throughout the world. In \u003cem\u003eBauhaus\u003c\/em\u003e, Frank Whitford traces the ideas behind the school's conception, describes its teaching methods, examines the daily lives of the students, and details the activities of the teachers, which included Paul Klee, Josef Albers, and Wassily Kandinsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReissued to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, this is an accessible and vibrantly illustrated introduction to perhaps the most significant design school of the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitford, Frank:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Whitford\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1941 and educated at Wadham College, Oxford; the Courtauld Institute, London; and the Freie Universita]t, Berlin. He worked as a cartoonist for the \u003cem\u003eSunday Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eLondon Evening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e until 1970, when he became a lecturer in the history of art at the Slade School, University College London. From 1975, he was a senior lecturer at Homerton College, Cambridge, and from 1981, he was a visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art in London. He died in 2014\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMichael White\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of history of art at York University.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50437659820306,"sku":"9780500204627","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5789847-aa88-4c17-a459-e2ce6868daf6.jpg?v=1729646048","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bauhaus-9780500204627","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}