among them, vasili kandinski.his is kandinski's apocalyptic composition number 6, painted in 1913. two years before, in munich, kandinski had formed a new group of artists-- der blaue reiter, the blue horseman. this theme of an impending apocalypse was a central concern not only of kandinski, but of blaue reiter artist franz marc. here in kandinski, it's expressed in a mystical abstraction. but the explicit meaning, conveyed in the metaphor of a great animal disaster, comes out in franz marc's fates of animals, painted in 1913. predictably, this painting has often been treated as a prophecy of the great war, out of which came the collapse of the austro-hungarian empire, the creation of weimar germany, and the 1917 russian revolution. it was, remarkably, as the war claimed its victims that kazimir malevich, in russia, developed his own kind of mystical abstraction. this work, red square, was painted in 1915 and was part of a sequence of works, often more complex, which he called suprematist. for him, these colored

avant-garde ideas flooded into europe, especially through germany, and through artists like lissitzky and kandinski, who worked at the bauhaus. established in weimar in 1919, the bauhaus was a design school where the objective was to rethink all aspects of the environment-- painting, architecture, sculpture, furniture, decorative objects, even photography, the theater, and the dance-- and unite them in a single vision which would be appropriate to the needs of the new society. unlike the russians, whose utopian dreams for a new society were never fulfilled, many of the bauhaus projects were, in fact, put into practical expression, these are the things which provided the guidelines for much of the great design in the 20th century. modern architecture is also synonymous with the bauhaus. this house was designed by walter gropius, the first bauhaus director. bauhaus architects were synthesizing constructivist ideas of functional materials with modern methods of prefabrication. on this experimental housing estate near dessau, germany, built in 1926, they could erect a house in three days, thus realizin

the nazis gathered paintings by respected artists such as paul and and vastly kandinsky, subjected them to public ridicule. while these are on public view in london, there has and criticism that the germans are not doing enough to find art looted by the nazis, nor to restore it to its rightful owners. >> what an amazing find. thanks for watching. see you back here tomorrow. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, union bank, and united healthcare. >> my customers can shop around, see who does good work and compare costs. it can also work that way with health care. with united healthcare, i get information on quality ratings of doctors, treatment options, and estimates for how much i'll pay. that helps me and my guys make informed decisions. i don't like guesses with my business and definitely not with our health. >> that's health in numbers. united healthcare. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operat

the nazis gathered paintings by respected artists such as paul and and vastly kandinsky, subjected them to public ridicule. while these are on public view in london, there has and criticism that the germans are not doing enough to find art looted by the nazis, nor to restore it to its rightful owners. >> what an amazing find. thanks for watching. see you back here tomorrow. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, union bank, and united healthcare. >> my customers can shop around, see who does good work and compare costs. it can also work that way with health care. with united healthcare, i get information on quality ratings of doctors, treatment options, and estimates for how much i'll pay. that helps me and my guys make informed decisions. i don't like guesses with my business and definitely not with our health. >> that's health in numbers. united healthcare. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operat