Vienna 1900. Art. Architecture. Design Book

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"Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture. Design," by Kirk Varnedoe, is a fully illustrated catalog, serving as a companion to a 1986 … Read more "Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture. Design," by Kirk Varnedoe, is a fully illustrated catalog, serving as a companion to a 1986 exhibit held at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. The landmark exhibit was a showcase of fin-de-siècle Viennese culture,.offering a sweeping view of the City's artistic and intellectual ferment circa the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit focused heavily on the Vienna Secession and early Modernist movements, illustrating a transition from historicism to modernism. The catalog included works by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, and Otto Wagner, & man more. On display were Architectural drawings, furniture, decorative arts, drawings and paintings. This 254-page softcover/wraps is in very good vintage condition : clean, bright, unmarked. There are 114 color plates to delight and 140 historic black/white illustrations to inform. This is both a great reference and a stunning look-book for collectors of Art Nouveau and Early Modernism Designs, as created in Vienna. The book will be sent, carefully packed, boxed, with tracking. . See less