| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Vienna in the second half of the 19th century -- The World Fair of 1889 -- Art in England at the end of the century -- Art on the continent at the end of the century -- The precursors of the Viennes secession in Munich and Berlin -- Munich -- Berlin -- The Viennese Secession -- Vienna at the turn of the century -- The Kunstlerhaus -- The Secession I -- The Ver Sacrum magazine -- The Secession II -- The exhibition centre of the Viennese Secession -- The Beethoven frieze -- The Secession III -- Artists of the Viennese Secession -- Gustav Klimt -- Koloman Moser -- Alfred Roller -- Egon Schiele -- Other Viennese artists -- Wiener Werkstatte -- The most important artists of the Wiener Werkstatte -- Architecture in the second half of the 19th century. England and Belgium -- France -- Austria |
| Summary |
A symbol of modernity, the Viennese Secession was defined by the rebellion of twenty artists who were against the conservative Vienna Künstlerhaus' oppressive influence over the city, the epoch, and the whole Austro-Hungarian Empire. Influenced by Art Nouveau, this movement (created in 1897 by Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, and Josef Hoffmann) was not an anonymous artistic revolution. Defining itself as a "total art", without any political or commercial constraint, the Viennese Secession represented the ideological turmoil that affected craftsmen, architects, graphic artists, and designers from this |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wiener Secession.
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| SUBJECT |
Wiener Secession fast |
| Subject |
Art, Austrian -- Vienna -- 20th century
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ART -- European.
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Art, Austrian
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carl, Klaus H
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| LC no. |
2011028283 |
| ISBN |
9781780428079 |
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1780428073 |
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