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Bauhaus: Cradle of the Modern
Neil MacGregor focuses on the Bauhaus school of art and design, founded in Weimar in 1919.
Our cities and houses today, our furniture and typography, are unthinkable without the functional elegance pioneered by the Bauhaus.
Producer Paul Kobrak.
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Sat 25 Oct 201400:30
BBC Radio 4
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Bauhaus cradle
Duration: 01:09
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Bauhaus cradle
Duration: 02:07
Broadcasts
- Fri 24 Oct 201409:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Fri 24 Oct 201419:45BBC Radio 4
- Sat 25 Oct 201400:30BBC Radio 4
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