Synopses & Reviews
From the Votivkirche and the Historicism of Vienna's Ringstrasse via the secessionist movement and Jugendstil to the New Objectivity and Vienna's Werkbund Housing Estate: 100 objects, approximately 400 coloured illustrations and five proposals for a delectable architectural tour. At last a sound art-historical guide to the architecture of Vienna from 1850 to 1930. Three generations of architects created Vienna's most important buildings. First and foremost, Otto Wagner, who moved from historicism to become one of the leading secessionist architects, finally paving the way for the New Objectivity. A wide spectrum that not only covers the buildings of Wagner, Hoffmann and Loos, but also lesser known ones as well.
Review
"... Der Führer gibt nicht nur das Bekannte wieder, er ermöglicht Entdeckungen." Salzburger Nachrichten 12/2002
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-237) and indexes.
Synopsis
Von der Votivkirche und dem Historismus der Wiener RingstraAe A1/4ber die Secession und den Jugendstil bis hin zur Neuen Sachlichkeit und der Wiener Werkbundsiedlung: 100 Objekte, etwa 400 farbige Fotografien und fA1/4nf TourenvorschlAge fA1/4r architektur-kulinarische StreifzA1/4ge. Endlich liegt ein kunsthistorisch fundierter Wiener ArchitekturfA1/4hrer fA1/4r die Periode zwischen 1850 und 1930 vor. Drei Generationen von Architekten schufen die wesentlichsten Bauten Wiens. Aoeberragt von Otto Wagner, der sich vom Historismus hin zu einem fA1/4hrenden Architekten der Secession entwickelte und schlieAlich den Weg fA1/4r die Neue Sachlichkeit ebnete. Ein breites Spektrum, das nicht nur Arbeiten wie jene von Wagner, Hoffmann und Loos, sondern auch seltener genannte Bauten berA1/4cksichtigt.
About the Author
BERTHA BLASCHKE. Born in Berlin in 1946. Studied psychology and sociology. Since 1966 an interest in architecture; novels and essays in specialist journals, in which she attempts to draw parallels between the disciplines architecture and psychology. LUISE LIPSCHITZ. Born in Brünn in 1963. Studied civil engineering in Prague and Dresden. Interest since 1995 in Vienna's housing types; involvement in the preservation of old buildings and urban conservation.
Table of Contents
Architecture in Vienna: Historicism - Jugendstil - New Realism.- Five Walks: Ringstraße; Inner City; Wiental - Neubau - Josefstadt; Hietzing; Döbling.- Architecture in Vienna. 100 Buildings.- Literature.- Glossary.- Index by Building Type; Districts/Streets; Persons.