Bauhaus and Greece (Greek and English) : The New Idea of Synthesis in Art and Architecture

The reception and influence of the Bauhaus movement in Greece before and after the Second World War is presented in this well-illustrated volume. The book looks at the influences of modern European culture on the arts, architecture and art education in Greece during these periods.

The Bauhaus rose in 1919 from the ashes of World War I in the dramatic framework of the Weimar Republic, whose lifespan coincided with that of the school until Nazism’s dominance in 1933. In the fourteen tumultuous years of its existence – first in Weimar, later in Dessau, and finally in Berlin – the school had a formative impact on the twentieth century’s modern aesthetics and constitutes a seminal reference point: it is the most ‘classical’ reference of modern tradition. The Bauhaus, however, was not just a school of thought for industrial design and production and the shaping of a timeless ‘mechanical style’. It was also a multiplicity of experiences of a broader world-view and the importance of politics in shaping a new unity in the social field, that is, the invention of a new humanism.

The majority of the contributions are in Greek, with 14 in English. 304 black and white illustrations.