The Bauhaus was an art school in Germany from 1919 to 1933. It was founded by Walter Gropius who believed that the old schools of art were unable to produce unity (character of the product as a whole and as separate entities). The aims of the Bauhaus was to “reunify all the disciplines of practical art […] as components of a new architecture.” Some of the main points were to have no distinction between monumental and decorative art and educate architects, painters, sculptures, etc. of all levels to become competent craftsmen and independent creative artists ultimately forming a working community. The principles include avoidance of rigidity, priority of creativity, freedom of individuality, but a strict study of discipline. The biggest influence was modernism — in the way that it focused on the simplest of forms and functionality. In addition, the Bauhaus carried on the use of industrial materials and machinery
