Fashioning Vienna - Adolf Loos's Cultural Criticism

This book seeks to extend our understanding of Adolf Loos and his role in the struggle to define the nature of modernity in Vienna at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Sommario

List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Investigating and Excavating. 2. The Other: National Cultural Mythologies. 3. The Self: Social Difference in Loos's Vienna. 4. The Display and Disguise of Difference. 5. Locating the Narrative: The City, its Artefacts and its Attractions. Conclusion: The Non-Contemporaneity of Loos's Critique. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Info autore

Janet Stewart is Lecturer in German at the University of Aberdeen, where she also contributes to the teaching of Cultural History. In association with the University of Edinburgh, she is involved in establishing a Centre for Austrian Studies in Aberdeen.

Riassunto

This book seeks to extend our understanding of Adolf Loos and his role in the struggle to define the nature of modernity in Vienna at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Janet Stewart, Stewart Janet
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2000
• EAN: 9780415221764
• ISBN: 978-0-415-22176-4
• Pagine: 236
• Peso: 600 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Study & Teaching, History of Architecture, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Theory of architecture, Civil engineering, surveying and building