ISBN 978-3-8365-6551-6 Edition: German ISBN 978-3-8365-6554-7 Edition: English The great departure From Weimar to the world - the Bauhaus myth In a short period of just fourteen years between the two world wars, the German art and design school Bauhaus changed the face of modernism. With utopian ideals for the future, it developed a groundbreaking fusion of art, craft and technology, which it implemented across all design media and methods, from film to theater, from sculpture to pottery. This reference work was produced in collaboration with the Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin, the world's largest collection on the history of the Bauhaus. Over 250 new photographs, writings, studies, sketches, plans and models not only document the realized works, they also bring the spirit of Bauhaus back to life. From informal shots of group gymnastics to drawings from Paul Klee's lessons, from detailed construction plans to a sleek ashtray by Marianne Brandt - they are all testimo