Bauhaus architecture and an interdisciplinary vision

In the "Bauhaus Manifesto," Walter Gropius stated, "Architects, painters, and sculptors must once again come to know and comprehend the composite character of a building, both as an entity and in terms of its various parts." In other places in that manifesto, and in the manifestation of that manifesto -- in the way by which the Bauhaus structured -- there are many examples of how different art forms were given equal weight.

However, the vision of unified art forms, or the idea that art forms are equal, wasn't truly realized, in the Bauhaus. For instance, historically art forms such as fiber arts haven't been considered to be on par with art forms such as painting or sculpture. And some people could argue that although there was a vision that all art forms in the Bauhaus should be equal, there were some who believed that architecture was the "supreme" art form...