Esther Da Costa Meyer: Tradition and Modernity in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

Date

1991-10-23

Authors

da Costa Meyer, Esther

Abstract

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Architectural projects and/or sites mentioned: Villa Max Friedmann (Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1898) (Hinterbrühl, Austria) ; Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (Otto Wagner, Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1899) (Vienna, Austria) ; Karlskirche (St. Charles Church) (Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach) (Vienna, Austria) ; Österreichische Postsparkasse (Wien) (Austrian Postal Savings Bank) (Otto Wagner, 1904-1906) (Vienna, Austria) ; Villa Hermann Bahr (Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1899) (Vienna, Austria) ; Villa Ast (Josef Franz Maria Hoffmann, 1909-1911) (Vienna, Austria) ; Villa Skywa-Primavesi (Josef Franz Maria Hoffmann, 1913-1915) (Vienna, Austria) ; Loos-Haus (Wien) (Adolf Loos, 1909) (Vienna, Austria) ; Strasser House (Adolf Loos, 1919) (Vienna, Austria) ; Scheu House (Adolf Loos, 1912) (Vienna, Austria) ; Villa Moller (Adolf Loos, 1927) (Vienna, Austria) ; Villa Müller (Prag) (Adolf Loos, 1930) (Prague, Czech Republic) ; Karl-Marx-Hof (Karl Ehn, 1927-1930) (Vienna, Austria) ; Wiener Ringstraße (Wien) (Ringstrasse) (Vienna, Austria) ; Universität Wien (University of Vienna) (1395) (Vienna, Austria) ; Wiener Rathaus (Vienna City Hall) (Friedrich von Schmidt) (Vienna, Austria) ; Scala Regia (Vatican Palace, Vatican City) (Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1663-1666) (Vatican City, Vatican City) ; Wiener Secessionsgebäude (Vienna Secession Building) (Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1898) (Vienna, Austria) ; Linke Wienzeile Buildings (Otto Wanger, 1898-1899) (Vienna, Austria) ; Wiener Stadtbahn (Vienna Metropolitan Railway) (Otto Wagner, 1898) (Vienna, Austria) ; Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien (The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) (1692) (Vienna, Austria)

Keywords

Meyer, Esther da Costa, 1947-, woman historians, Vienna (Austria), fin de siècle, Modern movement (Architecture), ramparts, moats, middle class, Eclecticism in architecture, Renaissance revival (Architecture), Florence (Italy), Neoclassicism (Architecture), Schmidt, Friedrich von 1825-1891, Gothic revival (Architecture), Wagner, Otto, 1841-1918, Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria, 1870-1956, Historicism in architecture, Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680, Wiener Secession, Olbrich, Joseph Maria, 1867-1908, Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924, Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918, pediments, acroteria, Art nouveau (Architecture), Greek cross plan, Apollo (Deity), Muses (Greek deities), Facades, Glass, Building materials, Majolica, Decoration and ornament, Architectural, Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918, city dwellers, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, immigrants, Guimard, Hector, 1867-1942, Nature (Aesthetics), plaster, Building, Stone, Horta, Victor, 1861-1947, Color in architecture, Painting, equality, Suburbs, Classicism in architecture, Schinkel, Karl Friedrich, 1781-1841, Berlin (Germany), Symmetry, Bridges--design and construction, subway tunnels, Railroad stations, Steel, marble, Cast-iron fronts (Architecture), Architecture, Baroque, barrel vaults, sunflowers in art, aluminum construction, cement, Geometry in architecture, plate glass, religious architecture, Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976, Metropolis (Motion picture : 1927), Naval architecture, Le Corbusier, 1887-1965, Le Corbusier, 1887-1965. Vers une architecture. English, Danube River, Loos, Adolf, 1870-1933, Plečnik, Jože, 1872-1957, Fabiani, Max, 1865-1962, Roofs--Design and construction, Vernacular architecture, Bahr, Hermann, 1863-1934, interior decoration, Klee, Paul, 1879-1940, pilasters, Decoration and ornament, Rococo, Lacquer and lacquering, plasterwork (visual works), Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940, mass production, gilding, windowboxes, Colonnades, Rossi, Aldo, 1931-1997, International style (Architecture), bay windows, friezes, key pattern, minimal art, Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969, raumplan, Prague (Czech Republic), Courtyard houses, working class, tenement houses, Gemeindebau, Ehn, Karl 1884-1957, Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945, Anschluss, Germany, Austria, assembly-line methods, Industrialization--Europe--History

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2152/81226
http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/8239

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