The Bauhaus was a highly influential German school of art, architecture, and design that operated from 1919 to 1933.

It was founded by the architect Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany.

The school's core philosophy was to unify all the arts—including architecture, sculpture, painting, and industrial design—and to eliminate the distinction between fine arts and applied arts.

The Bauhaus promoted a style based on functionalism, modern materials, and clean, geometric forms.

A key principle was 'form follows function,' meaning that the design of an object should be based on its purpose.

Influential artists and architects like Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Mies van der Rohe taught at the Bauhaus.

The school had a profound influence on modern architecture, graphic design, and industrial design.

The iconic 'Bauhaus style' can be seen in modern furniture, typography, and buildings.

The Bauhaus was closed in 1933 by the Nazi regime, which saw it as a center of 'degenerate' and 'cosmopolitan' modernism.

The emigration of its faculty to the United States and other countries helped to spread its ideas globally.