Main entry:

Wien 1900, Kunst und Kultur. English.

Title & Author:

Vienna 1900 and the heroes of modernism / edited by Christian Brandstätter ; with texts by Hans Bisanz [and others].

Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, 2006.

Description:

399 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-393) and index.
Vienna around 1900 : the duration of denial -- Art and design -- Jugendstil and symbolism -- The secession -- Ver Sacrum -- Graphie art and book design -- Gustav Klimt -- The Klimt Group -- Richard Gerstl -- Oskar Kokoschka -- Egon Schiele -- The Wiener Weekstaue -- Furniture -- Fashion and society : the artist-designed dress -- Photography -- Architecture -- Otto Wagner -- The Wagner School -- Joseph Maria Olbrich -- Josef Hoffmann -- Adolf Loos -- Civilization and society -- Theater and cabaret -- A "romanticism of the nerves" : the literary fin de siecle -- The coffeehouse : a hub of literary activity -- Music -- Philosophy and science -- The secret of dreams : on the development of psychoanalysis.
Translated from the German.

Summary:

Fin-de-siècle Vienna was home to some of the most extraordinary minds of modern times, and was a vigorous melting-pot of radical new ideas and concepts in every field. Comprising 25 essays on the key movements and figures of the era, this volume offers a portrait of this astonishing cultural ferment.

ISBN:

9780500513132 (hbk.)
0500513139 (hbk.)

Subject:

Arts, Austrian Austria Vienna 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics) Austria Vienna.
Arts autrichiens 20e siècle Autriche Vienne.
Modernisme (Esthétique) Autriche Vienne.
Arts, Austrian.
Civilization.
Intellectual life.
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Vienna (Austria) Civilization 20th century.
Vienna (Austria) Intellectual life 20th century.
Austria Vienna.

Added entries:

Brandstätter, Christian.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257478
Call No.: BIB 187975
Status: Available