Josef Hoffmann, 1870-1956 : progress through beauty : the guide to his oeuvre / edited by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Matthias Boeckl, Rainald Franz, Christian Witt-Dörring.

Title & Author:

Josef Hoffmann, 1870-1956 : progress through beauty : the guide to his oeuvre / edited by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Matthias Boeckl, Rainald Franz, Christian Witt-Dörring.

Publication:

Vienna : MAK ; Basel : Birkhäuser, [2021]

Description:

453 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans (some color), portraits (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
"This catalog has been published on the occasion of the exhibition Josef Hoffmann : Progress Through Beauty, MAK, Vienna [Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna], 15 December 2021-19 June 2022"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-447) and index.

Summary:

This book is the first comprehensive document to the complete works of Josef Hoffmann. As a student of Otto Wagner, a founding member of the Vienna Secession art movement (1897), a professor at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule) (1899-1936), and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte cooperative (1903), the Deutscher Werkbund association (1907) and the Österreichischer Werkbund (1912), Hoffmann helped to cultivate a new model of architectural and product design characterized by advanced craftsmanship and artistic ambition. The book, which features more than 40 illustrated essays by well-known experts on Hoffmann's most significant buildings, interiors, exhibitions, and craft and product design, covers all facets of his extensive oeuvre. Richly illustrated, it includes a detailed biography and a comprehensive documentation section, making this a new standard reference work.

ISBN:

9783035622966 (hardcover)
3035622965

Subject:

Hoffmann, Josef, 1870-1956 Exhibitions.
Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria, 1870-1956 Expositions.
Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria, 1870-1956.
Interior decoration Austria Exhibitions.
Furniture design Austria Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architects Austria Exhibitions.
Architecture Austria History 20th century.
Architectes Autriche Expositions.
Architecture Autriche Histoire 20e siècle.
Décoration intérieure Autriche Expositions.
Meubles Design Autriche Expositions.
Design Autriche Expositions.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture History Austria 20th century.
Architects
Architecture
Furniture design
Industrial design
Interior decoration
Austria.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs
History

Added entries:

Thun-Hohenstein, Christoph, editor.
Boeckl, Matthias, editor.
Franz, Rainald, 1964- editor.
Witt-Dörring, Christian, editor.
Hoffmann, Josef, 1870-1956. Works. Selections.
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, host institution.

Progress through beauty : the guide to his oeuvre

Holdings:

Location: Library main 310138
Call No.: BIB 255257
Status: Available

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