Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: View from southwest 1926 - 1927

Editor: This is Klaus Hertig's photograph of the Bauhaus Building in Dessau, taken between 1925 and 1926. The stark geometry is powerful. What symbols do you see at play here? Curator: The Bauhaus itself became a symbol, didn't it? Its clean lines stood for a rejection of historical ornamentation, a kind of societal cleansing through form. Note the lettering, too—unadorned, machine-made. Editor: So, the building's style communicates a broader message? Curator: Precisely. It's about more than just aesthetics; it represents a future-oriented, functional ideal. The building becomes a vessel for utopian aspirations. Does it still hold that symbolic power today? Editor: I hadn't considered the utopian aspect so directly before. Thanks!