Architecture and truth in fin-de-siècle Vienna / Leslie Topp.

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Topp, Leslie, 1969-

Title & Author:

Architecture and truth in fin-de-siècle Vienna / Leslie Topp.

Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Description:

xvi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226) and index.
Introduction : versions of architectural truth -- The Secession Building : multiple truths and modern art -- The Purkersdorf Sanatorium and the appearance of science -- The Postal Savings Bank : pragmatism and "inner truth" -- The Michaelerplatz Building, an honest mask.

Summary:

"This book examines one of the key notions of modernist architecture as it was formulated in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century. Providing a close analysis of four major buildings - Olbrich's Secession Building, Hoffmann's Perkersdorf Sanitarium, Wagner's Postal Savings Bank, and Loos's Michaelplatz building - Leslie Topp investigates how 'truth' could be interpreted in a variety of ways, including truth to purpose, symbolist or ideal truth, and ethical notions of authenticity. Drawing on newly uncovered archival materials, Topp offers a new interpretation of familiar buildings that are shown to encompass utopianism, hyper-rationality, and subjectivism. She also explores the connections between Viennese modern architecture and contemporary painting, psychiatry, fashion, labor issues, and anti-Semitic politics."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN:

0521822750 (hardcover)
9780521822756 (hardcover)

Subject:

Modern movement (Architecture) Austria Vienna.
Architecture Austria Vienna History.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Autriche Vienne.
Architecture Autriche Vienne 19e siècle.
Architecture Autriche Vienne 20e siècle.
Architecture Autriche Vienne Histoire.
Architecture
Buildings
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Waarheid.
Fin de siècle.
Architecture Austria Vienna.
Architecture Vienne (Autriche) 19e siècle.
Architecture Vienne (Autriche) 20e siècle.
Vienna (Austria) Buildings, structures, etc.
Vienne (Autriche) Constructions.
Austria Vienna
Wien

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 231760
Call No.: NA1010.V5 T66 2004
Status: Available

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