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Bauhaus
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Bauhaus – the common abbreviation for the Staatliches Bauhaus, a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts – was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It favoured radically simplified forms, rationality and functionality, and promoted the idea that mass-production was reconcilable with the individual artistic spirit. The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and modern design. It had a profound influence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography. The school operated from 1919 to 1933 when it was closed by the Nazi regime.