"'Architects, sculptors, painters, we all must return to the crafts!' declared architect Walter Gropius in his Bauhaus manifesto. Founded in 1919 as an art school in Weimar, the Bauhaus established itself as a major influence on twentieth- century art and design. Bauhaus students were taught by some of the most celebrated artists of the time, including Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, and Wassily Kandinsky. Having moved to Berlin in 1932 under architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, it was forced to close for good by the Gestapo in 1933. Uncovering the sources of inspiration that brought the Bauhaus into existence, from medieval cathedrals of Europe and Hokusai prints to William Morris and Arts and Crafts, The Spirit of the Bauhaus explores workshops and courses in detail, illustrating the extraordinary wealth of experimentation in every medium: ceramics, wood and metalwork, textiles, glass- painting, sculpture, mural, printing and binding, theater, architecture, and photography. This essential and accessible guide to the Bauhaus, published in time for the 100th anniversary of the school in 2019, celebrates a school that continues to be recognized as the most durable and influential source of modern ideas about art, design, and craft."--Publisher's description

• Catherine Tsekenis
• Pierre-Alexis Dumas and Olivier Gabet
• Nicholas Fox Weber
• Jean Louis Gaillemin
• Monique Blanc
• B??atrice Quette
• Olivier Gabet
• Anne Monier
• Louise Curtis
• Rapha??le Bill??
• Anne Monier
• Louise Curtis
• Rapha??le Bill??
• Anne Monier
• Anne Monier and Louise Curtis
• Anne Monier
• Marie-Sophie Carron de la Carri??re
• Mathieu Mercier Not just lucky enough to know them but to eat with them / Esotericism at the Bauhaus / Sources and influences
• The Bauhaus and the cathedral builders / The influence of Asian Art / The object in question: decorative utopias before the Bauhaus / Workshops and teaching
• Creating, teaching, spreading the message: life at the Bauhaus / Ceramics / Cabinet-making ; Metal ; Textiles ; Stained glass ; Sculpture / Mural painting ; Printing, bookbinding, typography and advertising / Theatre ; Architecture ; Photography ; The teaching of Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky / Inside the Bauhaus
• Series production at the Bauhaus: ambition and reality / The 1923 Bauhaus exhibition: four years of creativity / The Bauhaus in Dessau / Death and rebirth of the Bauhaus / Bauhaus: an ongoing legacy
• The spirit of the forms / The Bauhaus, a potential continuation /