INSIDE THE BAUHAUS

by Howard Dearstyne

edited by David Spaeth

Rizzoli (1986)

The author, a Chicago architect who studied at the Bauhaus from 1928 to 1933, offers an insider's look at the Bauhaus movement, and discusses the courses, workshops, and teachers

Dearstyne, the only American to graduate from the Bauhaus with an architecture degree, here gives both a historical perspective and an immediate first-hand account of the ideals and practicalities at this famous school, which he attended 1928-33. He is particularly illuminating on the actual curricula followed in the various crafts (furniture, printing, weaving, etc.) as well as in architecture. Itself neo-Bauhaus in design, illustrated with many contemporary photographs, and ably edited by Spaeth, a student of Dearstyne's at IIT, Dearstyne's book is a highly important addition to the Bauhaus literature.