Vienna: Art and Architecture - Couverture rigide

Toman, Rolf

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3829020449 ISBN 13 : 9783829020442

Editeur : Konemann UK Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 442-444) and index. Subjects; Art, Austrian — Austria — Vienna. Architecture — Austria — Vienna.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Vienna is one of the great art centers of the world and one of the most visited cities in Europe. It is renowned for its music, art and architecture. However, what distinguishes Vienna from other European capitals is the fact that its artistic treasures are concentrated in such a small area - almost exclusively in the historic First District. The city center is thus one large open-air museum, presenting a staggering range of architectural styles, from Romantic and Gothic to Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Classicism and the multiple offshoots of Historicism as well as Art Nouveau and the modern contemporary styles. The radical urban developments of the nineteenth century caused the city walls -having served more as a source of confinement rather than protection- to be torn down and the fondations of the stunning Ringstrasse to be laid, thereby encouraging the concentric growth of the city. The second half of the century saw the blurring of geographical and sociological boundaries in Viennese society, which later produced a general cultural upheaval and led to the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. Vienna at the turn of the century represents one of the most turbulent and fascinating chapters in European cultural and art history.

The highlights in Viennese art and architecture can be divided into three periods: the Baroque whose best-known exponents are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt; the era of the Ringstrasse with its imposing official buildings and, of course, the early nineteenth century (1900-1918). The leading contributors of the latter period were Otto Qagner, Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos in architecture, and Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele in the visual arts.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Englischsprachige Ausgabe. Mehr als nur Sachertorte und romantische Fiakerfahrten: Dieses Buch über die alte Kaiserstadt bietet einen umfassenden, reich bebilderten Überblick über die Kunstschätze der Donaumetropole. Schwerpunkte bilden das Zeitalter des Barock mit seinen prächtigen Kirchenbauten und mit Schlössern wie der Hofburg, Schönbrunn und Belvedere, die Epoche des Historismus mit seinen architektonischen Glanzlichtern an der neuen Ringstraße sowie der Wiener Jugendstil mit Künstlern wie Gustav Klimt und Oskar Kokoschka, mit Wiener Werkstätte und Sezession. Fundierte Essays zu den Anfängen der Wiener Kunstgeschichte und zur österreichischen Kunst der Gegenwart runden den Band ab.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Konemann UK Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3829020449
• ISBN 13: 9783829020442
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible