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258 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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258 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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- Österreichischer Werkbund.,
- Decorative arts Austria 20th century.,
- Architecture Austria History 20th century.,
- Functionalism (Architecture) Austria.,
- Architecture Austria 20th century.,
- Architecture Austria.,
- Decorative arts Austria History 20th century.,
- Arts décoratifs Autriche Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Autriche 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Autriche.,
- Fonctionnalisme (Architecture) Autriche.,
- Arts décoratifs Autriche 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Autriche Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Architecture,
- Decorative arts,
- Functionalism (Architecture),
- Geschichte,
- Austria,
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Salzburg : Residenz, ©1985.
Salzburg : Residenz, ©1985.
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Der Österreichische Werkbund : Alternative zur klassischen Moderne in Architektur, Raum- und Produktgestaltung / Astrid Gmeiner, Gottfried Pirhofer ; mit Beiträgen von Otto Kapfinger, Vladimír Šlapeta und Ákos Moravánszky ; [Herausgeber, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Wien].
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258 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Der Österreichische Werkbund : Alternative zur klassischen Moderne in Architektur, Raum- und Produktgestaltung / Astrid Gmeiner, Gottfried Pirhofer ; mit Beiträgen von Otto Kapfinger, Vladimír Šlapeta und Ákos Moravánszky ; [Herausgeber, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Wien].
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Salzburg : Residenz, ©1985.
Salzburg : Residenz, ©1985.
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- Österreichischer Werkbund.,
- Decorative arts Austria 20th century.,
- Architecture Austria History 20th century.,
- Functionalism (Architecture) Austria.,
- Architecture Austria 20th century.,
- Architecture Austria.,
- Decorative arts Austria History 20th century.,
- Arts décoratifs Autriche Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Autriche 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Autriche.,
- Fonctionnalisme (Architecture) Autriche.,
- Arts décoratifs Autriche 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Autriche Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Architecture,
- Decorative arts,
- Functionalism (Architecture),
- Geschichte,
- Austria,
- History
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128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, ©1996.
Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, ©1996.
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Gustav Peichl : neue projekte = recent projects.
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128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Gustav Peichl : neue projekte = recent projects.
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Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, ©1996.
Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, ©1996.
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As a critic, stalwart nonconformist and champion of utopian architecture, Austrian architect Raimund Abraham (1933-2010) made one of the most significant contributions to contemporary architecture in 2002, with the construction of the Austrian Cultural Forum Building in New York. Following his tragic death in 2010, that year's Vienna Architecture Conference was held in(...)
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As a critic, stalwart nonconformist and champion of utopian architecture, Austrian architect Raimund Abraham (1933-2010) made one of the most significant contributions to contemporary architecture in 2002, with the construction of the Austrian Cultural Forum Building in New York. Following his tragic death in 2010, that year's Vienna Architecture Conference was held in(...)
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In the absence of Raimund Abraham : Vienna architecture conference 2010
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As a critic, stalwart nonconformist and champion of utopian architecture, Austrian architect Raimund Abraham (1933-2010) made one of the most significant contributions to contemporary architecture in 2002, with the construction of the Austrian Cultural Forum Building in New York. Following his tragic death in 2010, that year's Vienna Architecture Conference was held in his honor. This publication documents the keynote lecture, speeches and discussions held throughout the conference given by architects and artists such as Vito Acconci, Peter Cook, Kenneth Frampton, Peter Kubelka, Andrea Lenardin Madden, Thom Mayne, Jonas Mekas, Eric Owen Moss, Peter Noever, Wolf D. Prix, Alexis Rochas, Michael Rotondi, Elfie Semotan and Lebbeus Woods. The publication also includes a DVD of Abraham's now-famous last lecture, “The Profanation of Solitude,” given at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, only hours before his untimely death.
In the absence of Raimund Abraham : Vienna architecture conference 2010
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As a critic, stalwart nonconformist and champion of utopian architecture, Austrian architect Raimund Abraham (1933-2010) made one of the most significant contributions to contemporary architecture in 2002, with the construction of the Austrian Cultural Forum Building in New York. Following his tragic death in 2010, that year's Vienna Architecture Conference was held in his honor. This publication documents the keynote lecture, speeches and discussions held throughout the conference given by architects and artists such as Vito Acconci, Peter Cook, Kenneth Frampton, Peter Kubelka, Andrea Lenardin Madden, Thom Mayne, Jonas Mekas, Eric Owen Moss, Peter Noever, Wolf D. Prix, Alexis Rochas, Michael Rotondi, Elfie Semotan and Lebbeus Woods. The publication also includes a DVD of Abraham's now-famous last lecture, “The Profanation of Solitude,” given at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, only hours before his untimely death.
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April 2011
April 2011
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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133 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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133 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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- Furniture design History 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Furniture Exhibitions.,
- Meubles Design Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Meubles Expositions.,
- Furniture design History 20th century.,
- Form (Aesthetics),
- Furniture,
- Furniture design,
- Exhibition catalogues.,
- exhibition catalogs.,
- Exhibition catalogs,
- History,
- Catalogues d'exposition.
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Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, c2008.
Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, c2008.
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Formlose Möbel / herausgegeben von Peter Noever ; Konzept und Text von Sebastian Hackenschmidt und Dietmar Rübel = Formless furniture / edited by Peter Noever ; concept and text by Sebastian Hackenschmidt and Dietmar Rübel.
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Formlose Möbel / herausgegeben von Peter Noever ; Konzept und Text von Sebastian Hackenschmidt und Dietmar Rübel = Formless furniture / edited by Peter Noever ; concept and text by Sebastian Hackenschmidt and Dietmar Rübel.
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Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, c2008.
Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, c2008.
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- Furniture design History 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Furniture Exhibitions.,
- Meubles Design Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Meubles Expositions.,
- Furniture design History 20th century.,
- Form (Aesthetics),
- Furniture,
- Furniture design,
- Exhibition catalogues.,
- exhibition catalogs.,
- Exhibition catalogs,
- History,
- Catalogues d'exposition.
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88 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
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88 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
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- Hoffmann, Josef, 1870-1956 Exhibitions.,
- Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria, 1870-1956,
- Furniture design Austria Exhibitions.,
- Interior decoration Austria Exhibitions.,
- Industrial design Austria Exhibitions.,
- Meubles Design Autriche Expositions.,
- Décoration intérieure Autriche Expositions.,
- Design Autriche Expositions.,
- Furniture design,
- Industrial design,
- Interior decoration,
- Interior design Austria Exhibitions.,
- Austria,
- Catalogs.,
- Exhibition publications.,
- Exhibition catalogs
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[New York] : Neue Galerie New York, Museum for German and Austrian Art, [2008]
[New York] : Neue Galerie New York, Museum for German and Austrian Art, [2008]
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Josef Hoffmann : interiors 1902-1913 : the making of an exhibition / edited and written by Christian Witt-Dörring.
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88 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Josef Hoffmann : interiors 1902-1913 : the making of an exhibition / edited and written by Christian Witt-Dörring.
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[New York] : Neue Galerie New York, Museum for German and Austrian Art, [2008]
[New York] : Neue Galerie New York, Museum for German and Austrian Art, [2008]
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- Hoffmann, Josef, 1870-1956 Exhibitions.,
- Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria, 1870-1956,
- Furniture design Austria Exhibitions.,
- Interior decoration Austria Exhibitions.,
- Industrial design Austria Exhibitions.,
- Meubles Design Autriche Expositions.,
- Décoration intérieure Autriche Expositions.,
- Design Autriche Expositions.,
- Furniture design,
- Industrial design,
- Interior decoration,
- Interior design Austria Exhibitions.,
- Austria,
- Catalogs.,
- Exhibition publications.,
- Exhibition catalogs
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1 portfolio (12 pages, [72] plates) : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
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1 portfolio (12 pages, [72] plates) : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
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- Gebrüder Thonet Catalogs.,
- Gebrüder Thonet,
- Gebrüder Thonet Vienna,
- Furniture Austria History 20th century Catalogs.,
- Steel furniture Austria Catalogs.,
- Architect-designed furniture Austria Catalogs.,
- Meubles Autriche Histoire 20e siècle Catalogues.,
- Meubles conçus par des architectes Autriche Catalogues.,
- Architect-designed furniture,
- Furniture,
- Steel furniture,
- Geschichte,
- Sitzmöbel,
- Stahlrohrmöbel,
- Austria,
- portfolios (containers),
- Catalogs,
- History
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Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, ©1989.
Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, ©1989.
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Thonet Stahlrohr-Möbel : Steckkartenkatalog : erste vollständige Zusammenstellung der deutschen und französischen Ausgabe von 1930-1931 / mit einer Einführung von Sonja Günther ; Herausgeber, Alexander von Vegesack = Thonet tubular steel furniture : card catalogue : first complete collection of German and French models 1930-1931 / with an introduction by Sonja Günther ; editor, Alexander von Vegesack.
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Thonet Stahlrohr-Möbel : Steckkartenkatalog : erste vollständige Zusammenstellung der deutschen und französischen Ausgabe von 1930-1931 / mit einer Einführung von Sonja Günther ; Herausgeber, Alexander von Vegesack = Thonet tubular steel furniture : card catalogue : first complete collection of German and French models 1930-1931 / with an introduction by Sonja Günther ; editor, Alexander von Vegesack.
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Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, ©1989.
Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, ©1989.
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- Gebrüder Thonet Catalogs.,
- Gebrüder Thonet,
- Gebrüder Thonet Vienna,
- Furniture Austria History 20th century Catalogs.,
- Steel furniture Austria Catalogs.,
- Architect-designed furniture Austria Catalogs.,
- Meubles Autriche Histoire 20e siècle Catalogues.,
- Meubles conçus par des architectes Autriche Catalogues.,
- Architect-designed furniture,
- Furniture,
- Steel furniture,
- Geschichte,
- Sitzmöbel,
- Stahlrohrmöbel,
- Austria,
- portfolios (containers),
- Catalogs,
- History
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196 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, plans ; 24 cm
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196 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, plans ; 24 cm
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- Hoffmann, Josef, 1870-1956.,
- Architects Austria Biography.,
- Architecture Austria History 20th century.,
- Architecture Czechoslovakia History 20th century.,
- Architectes Autriche Biographies.,
- Architecture Autriche Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Tchécoslovaquie Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Architects,
- Architecture,
- Austria,
- Czechoslovakia,
- Guidebooks.,
- Biographies,
- History
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Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz, ©2010.
Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz, ©2010.
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Josef Hoffmann : Architekturführer = Architektonický průvodce = Architecture guide / herausgegeben von Peter Noever und Marek Pokorný ; Texte von Rainald Franz [and others].
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Josef Hoffmann : Architekturführer = Architektonický průvodce = Architecture guide / herausgegeben von Peter Noever und Marek Pokorný ; Texte von Rainald Franz [and others].
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Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz, ©2010.
Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz, ©2010.
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- Hoffmann, Josef, 1870-1956.,
- Architects Austria Biography.,
- Architecture Austria History 20th century.,
- Architecture Czechoslovakia History 20th century.,
- Architectes Autriche Biographies.,
- Architecture Autriche Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Tchécoslovaquie Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Architects,
- Architecture,
- Austria,
- Czechoslovakia,
- Guidebooks.,
- Biographies,
- History
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448 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 29 cm
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448 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 29 cm
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- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981.,
- Vegesack, Alexander von.,
- Remmele, Mathias.,
- Bergdoll, Barry. Encountering America : Marcel Breuer and the discourses of the vernacular from Budapest to Boston.,
- Cacciola, Donatella. Furniture of Marcel Breuer in production by Gavina und Knoll.,
- Driller, Joachim. On houses and palaces : remarks on Marcel Breuer's residential houses.,
- Gatje, Robert F. Working with Marcel Breuer.,
- Grawe, Gabriele D. (Gabriele Diana). Paris UNESCO complex.,
- Hyman, Isabelle. Later modernism of Marcel Breuer.,
- Máčel, Otakar. Marcel Breuer : "Inventor of bent tubular steel furniture.",
- Schöbe, Lutz. Bambos : the young master houses by Marcel Breuer.,
- Vitra Design Museum.
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- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 Exhibitions.,
- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 Expositions.,
- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981,
- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Furniture design History 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Design, Industrial History 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Gebouwen.,
- Interieurkunst.,
- Architecte.,
- Architecture.,
- Mobilier.,
- Exhibition catalogs.,
- Quotations (texts),
- Catalogues raisonnés.,
- exhibition catalogs.,
- Exhibition catalogues Germany 21st century.,
- Catalogues d'exposition.
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Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Stiftung, 2003.
Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Stiftung, 2003.
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Marcel Breuer : design and architecture / Vitra Design Museum ; [edited by Alexander von Vegesack, Mathias Remmele ; translations: Jeffrey Lieber, Ian Pepper, Julia Thorson].
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448 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 29 cm
Marcel Breuer : design and architecture / Vitra Design Museum ; [edited by Alexander von Vegesack, Mathias Remmele ; translations: Jeffrey Lieber, Ian Pepper, Julia Thorson].
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Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Stiftung, 2003.
Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Stiftung, 2003.
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- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981.,
- Vegesack, Alexander von.,
- Remmele, Mathias.,
- Bergdoll, Barry. Encountering America : Marcel Breuer and the discourses of the vernacular from Budapest to Boston.,
- Cacciola, Donatella. Furniture of Marcel Breuer in production by Gavina und Knoll.,
- Driller, Joachim. On houses and palaces : remarks on Marcel Breuer's residential houses.,
- Gatje, Robert F. Working with Marcel Breuer.,
- Grawe, Gabriele D. (Gabriele Diana). Paris UNESCO complex.,
- Hyman, Isabelle. Later modernism of Marcel Breuer.,
- Máčel, Otakar. Marcel Breuer : "Inventor of bent tubular steel furniture.",
- Schöbe, Lutz. Bambos : the young master houses by Marcel Breuer.,
- Vitra Design Museum.
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- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 Exhibitions.,
- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 Expositions.,
- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981,
- Breuer, Marcel, 1902-,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Furniture design History 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Design, Industrial History 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Gebouwen.,
- Interieurkunst.,
- Architecte.,
- Architecture.,
- Mobilier.,
- Exhibition catalogs.,
- Quotations (texts),
- Catalogues raisonnés.,
- exhibition catalogs.,
- Exhibition catalogues Germany 21st century.,
- Catalogues d'exposition.
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288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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- Ewing, William A.,,
- Hitchcock, Barbara,,
- Douglas, Deborah G.,,
- Van Zante, Gary,,
- Reuter, Rebekka,,
- Bonanos, Christopher,,
- Buse, Peter, 1970-,
- Jelonnek, Dennis,,
- Rohrbach, John,,
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art,,
- WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie,,
- C/O Berlin (Gallery),,
- Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg,,
- McCord Museum,,
- MIT Museum,
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- Polaroid Corporation Exhibitions.,
- Polaroid Corporation.,
- Instant photography 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Art and technology Exhibitions.,
- Photographie instantanée 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Art et technologie Expositions.,
- Art and technology,
- Instant photography,
- Sofortbildfotografie,
- Exhibition catalogs.,
- exhibition catalogs.,
- Catalogues d'exposition.
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017], ©2017
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017], ©2017
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The Polaroid project : at the intersection of art and technology / William A. Ewing, Barbara P. Hitchcock, Deborah G. Douglas, Gary van Zante, Rebekka Reuter, Christopher Bonanos, Todd Brandow, Peter Buse, Dennis Jelonnek, John Rohrbach.
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The Polaroid project : at the intersection of art and technology / William A. Ewing, Barbara P. Hitchcock, Deborah G. Douglas, Gary van Zante, Rebekka Reuter, Christopher Bonanos, Todd Brandow, Peter Buse, Dennis Jelonnek, John Rohrbach.
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017], ©2017
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017], ©2017
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- Ewing, William A.,,
- Hitchcock, Barbara,,
- Douglas, Deborah G.,,
- Van Zante, Gary,,
- Reuter, Rebekka,,
- Bonanos, Christopher,,
- Buse, Peter, 1970-,
- Jelonnek, Dennis,,
- Rohrbach, John,,
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art,,
- WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie,,
- C/O Berlin (Gallery),,
- Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg,,
- McCord Museum,,
- MIT Museum,
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- Polaroid Corporation Exhibitions.,
- Polaroid Corporation.,
- Instant photography 20th century Exhibitions.,
- Art and technology Exhibitions.,
- Photographie instantanée 20e siècle Expositions.,
- Art et technologie Expositions.,
- Art and technology,
- Instant photography,
- Sofortbildfotografie,
- Exhibition catalogs.,
- exhibition catalogs.,
- Catalogues d'exposition.
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This book introduces to an English-language audience the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history. In the 1930s Hans Sedlmayr (1896-1984) and Otto Pächt (1902-1988) undertook an ambitious extension of the formalist art historical project of Alois (...)
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This book introduces to an English-language audience the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history. In the 1930s Hans Sedlmayr (1896-1984) and Otto Pächt (1902-1988) undertook an ambitious extension of the formalist art historical project of Alois (...)
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The Vienna School reader : politics and art historical method in the 1930s
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This book introduces to an English-language audience the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history. In the 1930s Hans Sedlmayr (1896-1984) and Otto Pächt (1902-1988) undertook an ambitious extension of the formalist art historical project of Alois Riegl (1858-1905). Sedlmayr and Pächt began with an aestheticist conception of the autonomy and irreducibility of the artistic process. At the same time they believed they could read entire cultures and worldviews in the work of art. The key to this contextualist alchemy was the concept of "structure," a kind of deep formal property that the work of art shared with the world. Sedlmayr and Pächt's project immediately caught the attention of thinkers like Walter Benjamin who were similarly impatient with traditional empiricist scholarship. But the new project had its dark side. Sedlmayr used art history as a vehicle for a sweeping critique of modernity that soon escalated into nationalist and outright fascist polemic, even while Pächt, a Jew, was forced into exile. Sedlmayr and the whole scholarly project of Strukturanalyse were sharply repudiated by Meyer Schapiro and later Ernst Gombrich. After an introductory essay, the book opens with two selections from Riegl. The next section includes two essays by Sedlmayr, two by Pächt, and one each by Guido Kaschnitz-Weinberg and Fritz Novotny, all dating from the 1930s. The book closes with the divergent responses of Benjamin (1933) and Schapiro (1936). The difference of opinion between these two key voices raises again the question of the legitimacy and effectiveness of the method, and reveals the analogies between the New Vienna School project and the antiempiricist cultural histories of our own time. The book also contains an extensive bibliography.
The Vienna School reader : politics and art historical method in the 1930s
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This book introduces to an English-language audience the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history. In the 1930s Hans Sedlmayr (1896-1984) and Otto Pächt (1902-1988) undertook an ambitious extension of the formalist art historical project of Alois Riegl (1858-1905). Sedlmayr and Pächt began with an aestheticist conception of the autonomy and irreducibility of the artistic process. At the same time they believed they could read entire cultures and worldviews in the work of art. The key to this contextualist alchemy was the concept of "structure," a kind of deep formal property that the work of art shared with the world. Sedlmayr and Pächt's project immediately caught the attention of thinkers like Walter Benjamin who were similarly impatient with traditional empiricist scholarship. But the new project had its dark side. Sedlmayr used art history as a vehicle for a sweeping critique of modernity that soon escalated into nationalist and outright fascist polemic, even while Pächt, a Jew, was forced into exile. Sedlmayr and the whole scholarly project of Strukturanalyse were sharply repudiated by Meyer Schapiro and later Ernst Gombrich. After an introductory essay, the book opens with two selections from Riegl. The next section includes two essays by Sedlmayr, two by Pächt, and one each by Guido Kaschnitz-Weinberg and Fritz Novotny, all dating from the 1930s. The book closes with the divergent responses of Benjamin (1933) and Schapiro (1936). The difference of opinion between these two key voices raises again the question of the legitimacy and effectiveness of the method, and reveals the analogies between the New Vienna School project and the antiempiricist cultural histories of our own time. The book also contains an extensive bibliography.
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January 1900, New York
January 1900, New York
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
