The Design of the Total Work of Art : Art Nouveau, the Bauhaus, and the Integration of Art and Industry in the Creation of Public and Private Space.
This paper examines the changes in Western art perceptions of design and aesthetics in the early 20th century by analysing the influence of the design that produced the Bauhaus aesthetic. This essay argues that a political agenda gave direction to this change, one that was enabled by changes in industrial production technologies. In this paper, several artifacts and interiors of this period are discussed, and the author here demonstrates how the objective of the Bauhaus aesthetic was to liberate the mass public through the transformative power of well-designed, affordable living space.18 pgs. 6 sources.
