Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: Main entrance on opening day, 4 December 1926 after 1926

Editor: This photograph, Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: Main entrance on opening day, 4 December 1926, captures a crisp, yet somewhat stark modernist aesthetic. What strikes you most about this iconic image? Curator: The rhythmic geometry. It's almost musical, isn’t it? Like a silent hymn to functional beauty. Those stark lines against the misty landscape... What was once so futuristic now feels almost… melancholy. Editor: Melancholy? I hadn’t thought of it that way. Curator: Well, it's a building that dreamed of a better future that, perhaps, never fully arrived. A noble, slightly tragic, beauty. What do you think? Editor: I see that now. The building's optimism, tempered by the reality of its time. Thanks!