For our final essay in Art History, we choose a work of art that is created anytime following the Renaissance period. So much to choose from — and I decide on a 1926 woven wallhanging made by Anni Albers. Albers (1899 -1994) is best known as a textile designer and weaver, and is part of the German Bauhaus School. Today, she's considered a pioneer (there's a Tate Modern retrospective exhibit planned). Her weaving makes us consider textiles from a fresh perspective, and at a time when it's seen primarily as woman’s work and for household use. Her work Black-White-Red is composed of six horizontal rows, each with twelve rectangles, eight of which have twelve stripes. There is repetition in the pattern, but Albers departs from any simple use of symmetry and no two rows are the same, and for this particular work, the choice of colours corresponds nicely with its given name. The colour grey is also a deliberate choice, and further activates the interaction of the black, white and red. Informed by modern ideas about art and production — her work is textured, bold and inviting, and she blurs those lines that are sometimes drawn between craft, art and design.