Vienna 1900. Arte, architettura, design, arti applicate, fotografia e grafica. Ediz. inglese

Poets and intellectuals brushed shoulders in bustling coffeehouses, young avant-gardists heralded a new era insocial and sexual liberalism, waltzes resounded through theRingstrasse, the Vienna Secession preached: “To every age its art — to every art its freedom;” and tremors warned of loomingpolitical disintegration when the Austrian capital passed into a new century. Across economics, science, art, and music, Vienna blossomed into a “laboratory of modernity,” one which nurtured some of the greatest artistic innovators—fromEgon Schiele's unflinching nude portraits to Gustav Klimt's decadentPortrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, from the ornamental seams and glass floors ofOtto Wagner to Ditha Moser's calendars adorned in golden deities. Discover the zeitgeist, the scandals, and the extraordinary protagonists in this introduction to a transformative epoch. Acrosspainting, sculpture, architecture, and design, we explore all the movers and shakers through insightful profilesand crisp double-page reproductions. Marking the centenary of the deaths of some of its brightest talents, this collection joins Vienna in its2018 celebration of Modernism.