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Vienna : art and architecture / edited by Rolf Toman ; photography by Gerald Zugmann and Achim Bednorz.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Köln : Könemann, 2010Description: 452 pages : color illustration ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783833160066
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.43613 21 V
LOC classification:
  • N6810.V5 V55 1999
Contents:
Overview of Viennese architecture / Gustav Peichl -- Art and architecture from antiquity to the Renaissance / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Art and architecture in the 17th and 18th centuries Baroque and Rococo / Ehrenfried Kluckert -- Nineteenth century architecture from Classicism to the era of the Ringstrasse 1790-1890 / Peter Plassmeyer -- Nineteenth century painting and sculpture 1790-1890 / Sabine Grabner -- Architecture from the turn of the nineteenth century to the present day / Barbara Borngässer -- Painting and sculpture fro mthe turn of the nineteenth century to the present day / Gabriele Bösch, Silvie Steiner.
Summary: Vienna presents a comprehensive, richly illustrated insight into the art treasures of the Danube metropolis. The main focus is on the baroque era with its magnificent church buildings and palaces including the Hofburg, Schonbrunn and Belvedere; historicism with its architectural highlights on the new Ringstrasse; and Viennese art nouveau including artists Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, the Wiener Werkstatte und Sezession. Well-founded essays on the beginnings of the history of art in Vienna and on the state of contemporary Viennese art round off the book.Summary: At the mention of Vienna, many visitors think of Sachertorte, romantic open carriage trips and an evening inone of local wine taverns. But the old imperial city has much more to offer - The Essence of Culture: Vienna presents a comprehensive, richly illustrated view of the art treasures to be found in the Danube metropolis
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 442-444) and index.

Overview of Viennese architecture / Gustav Peichl --
Art and architecture from antiquity to the Renaissance / Ehrenfried Kluckert --
Art and architecture in the 17th and 18th centuries Baroque and Rococo / Ehrenfried Kluckert --
Nineteenth century architecture from Classicism to the era of the Ringstrasse 1790-1890 / Peter Plassmeyer --
Nineteenth century painting and sculpture 1790-1890 / Sabine Grabner --
Architecture from the turn of the nineteenth century to the present day / Barbara Borngässer --
Painting and sculpture fro mthe turn of the nineteenth century to the present day / Gabriele Bösch, Silvie Steiner.

Vienna presents a comprehensive, richly illustrated insight into the art treasures of the Danube metropolis. The main focus is on the baroque era with its magnificent church buildings and palaces including the Hofburg, Schonbrunn and Belvedere; historicism with its architectural highlights on the new Ringstrasse; and Viennese art nouveau including artists Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, the Wiener Werkstatte und Sezession. Well-founded essays on the beginnings of the history of art in Vienna and on the state of contemporary Viennese art round off the book.

At the mention of Vienna, many visitors think of Sachertorte, romantic open carriage trips and an evening inone of local wine taverns. But the old imperial city has much more to offer - The Essence of Culture: Vienna presents a comprehensive, richly illustrated view of the art treasures to be found in the Danube metropolis

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