Screen LibraryWiener Werkstätte 1903-1932 : the luxury of beauty /
The Wiener Werkstätte, founded by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Fritz Waerndorfer, was an artists' and craftsmen's collective that existed in Vienna from 1903 until 1932. The artists' goal was to bring high-quality design and craft into all areas of life and to elevate everyday o...
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Prestel ; Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie Museum for German and Austrian Art,
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| Publisher Address: |
Munich, Germany : New York, New York : Passau, Germany : |
| Publication Dates: |
2018. ©2017 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
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| Summary: |
The Wiener Werkstätte, founded by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Fritz Waerndorfer, was an artists' and craftsmen's collective that existed in Vienna from 1903 until 1932. The artists' goal was to bring high-quality design and craft into all areas of life and to elevate everyday objects into pieces of art. During that time, the collective produced items in a variety of media including ceramics, furniture, glass, jewelry, metalwork, and textiles. The Wiener Werkstätte style influenced generations of architects from Bauhaus to Art Deco. This book features the work of well-known Wiener |
| Carrier Form: | 576 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783791357164 3791357166 |
| Index Number: | NK945 |
| CLC: | J535(521)-28 |
| Call Number: | J535(521)-28/W647 |
| Contents: |
Economics / Graphics / Glass / Metal / Bookbinding and leather / Furniture / Fashion, textiles, and wallpaper / Ceramics / Klimt and the Wiener Werkstätte / Palais Stoclet / Garden architecture / From Vienna to New York / The Wiener Werkstätte of America / Joseph Urban and cosm |