Architecture and Truth in Fin-De-Siècle Vienna

ISBN-13: 9780521822756 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 250 str.

Leslie Topp

Opis

Leslie Topp investigates how "truth" in Viennese architecture at the turn of the twentieth century 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, demonstrating how they encompass utopianism, hyper-rationality, and subjectivism. She also explores the relationship between Viennese modern architecture and contemporary painting, psychiatry, fashion, labor issues, and anti-Semitic politics.

Recenzje

'Architecture and Truth in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna provides a welcome reading of how architects innovated in concert with institutions. It offers many insights.' Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

Spis treści

1. The Secession Building: multiple truths and modern art; 2. The Purkersdorf Sanatorium and the appearance of science; 3. The Postal Savings Bank: pragmatism and 'inner truth'; 4. The Michaelerplatz Building, an honest mask.