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by SteveLAnderson 3592 days ago
Just go straight to the Harvard Museums site - http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/tour/the-bauhaus
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Classic example of what's bad about modern web site design. 1.5MB of javascript and misc overhead with a spinner over a blank page to load < 1KB of text and 5 small thumbnails.
I'm sure it looks great on an iMac (that's all artists and designers use, right?)
Looks okay on an iMac. Loads very slowly. Has poor navigation - doesn't keep your place if you click on an item and then click Back.

The content is absolutely fascinating, but I wish the images weren't just thumbnails.

click to view the image url and you'll find you can strip off the parameters to get a bigger image
This site is worth a look. It's as beautiful as it has been for over a decade (through a couple of designs at least). Still JS heavy, but loads in less than a second for me.

http://www.bauhaus.de/en/