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"Why did the Nazis feel so threatened by the Bauhaus? Why were they so scared of an art school that made modernist furniture and kitchenware? Because it represe
by scsilver 5y ago
"Why did the Nazis feel so threatened by the Bauhaus? Why were they so scared of an art school that made modernist furniture and kitchenware? Because it represented a world view which was the complete opposite of National Socialism.
Nazism was nostalgic and nationalistic. The Bauhaus was cosmopolitan and avant-garde. Its international ethos made a mockery of Hitler’s racist fantasies. In a way, the persecution of the Bauhaus by the Nazis was a (very) backhanded compliment. They hated everything it stood for, but they were fearful of its power."
- paganel 5y agoRelated, the same accusations of “cosmopolitanism” (this was the exact word accusers used) were made against Romanian architects who were still trying something modern between 1948-1950 (when the local communists had just established their power) and 1953-1954, i.e. immediately after Stalin’s death. Those few years brought an interesting series of Stalinism-inspired public housing and a few major buildings, like “Casa Scânteii” [1] [1] https://wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Free_Press https://wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Free_Press