Art in Vienna 1898-1918, 4th Edition book

About the Item

The rebel artists of Vienna overwhelmed the artistic establishment of Europe at the end of the 19th century, having seceded from the traditional Viennese institutions of fine art and named themselves the Vienna Secession. Their works shocked a conservative public, but their daring sensibilities and dedication to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them an enthusiastic following and wealthy patronage. The boldly modernist paintings of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka and others were matched by the buildings and applied designs of architects such as Joseph Maria Olbrich, who created the Secession Building as an architectural manifesto for the group. This classic book, now updated and with additional colour illustrations and a completely new introductory chapter, brilliantly traces the course of this influential artistic movement.

Contents and sections:

Introduction

Vienna 1900

Secession The Beginnings The First Exhibition The Dedication of the House: Second Exhibition Ver Sacrum III–VI Exhibitions The ‘Klimt Affair’ – The University Paintings Exhibitions 1900–1902 Beethoven 1902 XVI–XVIII Exhibitions, 1903 The Split within the Secession Architecture and the Applied Arts The Ringstrasse and the Architecture of Historicisim Otto Wagner, 1841–1918 Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1867–1908 Josef Hoffmann, 1870–1956 The Wiener Werkstätte Palais Stoclet – The Stoclet Frieze Kabarett Fledermaus Alfred Roller, 1864–1935 Hoffmann’s Later Work Adolf Loos, 1870–1933 Kunstschau 1908 – 1909: The Early Work of Kokoschka and Schiele Kunstschau 1908 Oskar Kokoschka, 1886–1980 Richard Gerstl, 1883–1908 Kunstschau 1909 – Vienna before the War Egon Schiele, 1890–1918 Vienna 1914 – 1918: Epilogue: The Later Work of Klimt and Schiele The Later Work of Klimt and Schieles Notes

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Index

"Handsomely reproduces some of the work that so shocked the conservative Viennese public."—Observer

"The continuing value of this seminal title is demonstrated by its publication as a fourth edition."—Library Journal

"[T]he go-to volume for the artists of the Vienna Secession."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dimensions:

Height: 11.38 in (28.91 cm)Width: 9.88 in (25.1 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper

Place of Origin:

China

Period:

21st Century

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