In the early twentieth century, ideas of beauty and aesthetic were being drastically transformed, in part due to artists’ reactions and responses to the industrial revolution and mass production. The utopian ideal set forth by the Bauhaus was to create a total work of art in the world, one in which uniformity, affordability, and novel materials would be used and seen ubiquitously. Unadorned façades, simple lines, and rudimentary shapes were regarded as forward-thinking, and these fundamental design elements presented a variety of opportunities for artists to experiment with innovative and different forms and aesthetics.
