A century after the Bauhaus's founding in 1919 this book reassesses it as more than a highly
influential art architecture and design school. In myriad ways emerging ideas about the body
in relation to health movement gender and sexuality were at the heart of art and life at the
school. Bauhaus Bodies reassesses the work of both well-known Bauhaus members and those who
have unjustifiably escaped scholarly scrutiny its women in particular. In fourteen original
cutting-edge essays by established experts and emerging scholars this book reveals how Bauhaus
artists challenged traditional ideas about bodies and gender. Written to appeal to students
scholars and the broad public Bauhaus Bodies will be essential reading for anyone interested
in modern art architecture design history and gender studies it will define conversations
and debates during the 2019 centenary of the Bauhaus's founding and beyond.
