Ornament and Crime

Revolutionary essays on design, aesthetics and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architecture Adolf Loos, the great Viennese pioneer of modern architecture, was a hater of the fake, the fussy and the lavishly decorated, and a lover of stripped down, clean simplicity. He was also a writer of effervescent, caustic wit, as shown in this selection of essays on all aspects of design and aesthetics, from cities to glassware, furniture to footwear, architectural training to why 'the lack of ornament is a sign of intellectual power'. Translated by Shaun Whiteside With an epilogue by Joseph Masheck

Info autore

Adolf Loos (1877-1933) was a leading Austro-Hungarian architect, perhaps most famous for the revolutionary 'Loos House' opposite the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, which caused outrage when it was built in 1912, and the wonderful American Bar, also in Vienna. He wrote extensively on architecture and design, working in reaction to the elaborate mass of decoration celebrated by the Vienna Secession movement.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Adolf Loos, Loos Adolf
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.05.2019
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte
• EAN: 9780141392974
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139297-4
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 11.1 x 18.1 x 2.5 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 401 g
• Serie: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
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