Main entry:

Ver Sacrum (Wiener Secession)

Title & Author:

Ver sacrum.

Publication:

Wien : Verlag Gerlach & Schenk, 1898-1903.

Description:

6 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 26-30 cm

Notes:
Annual, v. 3-6
Monthly, v. 1-2
1. Jahrg. (1898)-6. Jahrg. (1903).
Imprint varies.
Subtitle varies.
Some issues lack dates.
Some no. issued together.
Issues for Aug. 1898 and Mar. 1898 lack volume numbering but constitute v. 1, no. 6 and v. 1, no. 3, respectively.
Accompanied by Sonderheft issued in 1898 and Sonderheft (Kalender) issued in 1903.
"Zeitschrift der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Os̈terreichs."
With 3. Jahrg. (1900) the magazine becomes the Mitteilungen der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Österreichs, retaining, however, the title Ver sacrum.

Summary:

"The finest Viennese Art Nouveau periodical, and one of the most elegant of all periodicals, was 'Ver sacrum', the organ of the Viennese Secession. It was not a record of decorative art and architecture but [was more] ... a miscellany of literature, illustration and graphic design. ... [it was] a periodical with a complex message of design, a publication which would be covetable for its own sake as well as for its contents. ... Only in a periodical like 'Ver sacrum', that exquisite product of the Viennese Secession, is [this ideal] fully realised. Here each issue has been thought out afresh. Cover design, Jugendstil borders and decorations, type-face, the fastidious colour, the placing of each lithograph or woodcut, all serve together in a daring unity of style. Refined aestheticism is a dangerous gane to play, but here it is kept under perfect control and results in a classic of periodical design."--Extracts from 'The Art Press : two centuries of art magazines' / edited by Trevor Fawcett and Clive Philpott (London : The Art Book Company, [1976].

Subject:

Art Periodicals.
Art, Modern 19th century Periodicals.
Art nouveau Periodicals.
Art Périodiques.
Art 19e siècle Périodiques.
Art nouveau Périodiques.
Art
Art, Modern
Art nouveau

Form/genre:

Periodical
periodicals.
lithographs.
Woodcuts
Lithographs
Periodicals
Périodiques.
Lithographies.

Added entries:

Wiener Secession.

Mitteilungen der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Os̈terreichs 1900-1903

Holdings:

Location: Library photo vault 212640
Call No.: W.V46
Copy: 4. Jahrg. (1901)
Notes: microfilm (negative copy)
Status: Available

Location: Library main periodicals
Call No.: W.V46
Status: Available

Location: Library study room microform 212639
Call No.: W.V46
Copy: 4. Jahrg. (1901)
Notes: microfilm (positive copy)
Status: Available

Location: Library cage 189233
Call No.: W.V46
Status: Available