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The Belvedere: 300 Years a Venue for Art
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 378

The Belvedere: 300 Years a Venue for Art

  • Categories: Art

Anniversary publication of the Belvedere The Belvedere in Vienna epitomizes the changes that have taken place over the course of three centuries in the concept of what constitutes a museum. Originally built by Prince Eugene of Savoy to enhance his prestige as a prince, under Maria Theresa, the Upper Belvedere became one of the world’s first public museums. The idea of presenting Austrian art in an international context, which in 1903 motivated the establishment of the Modern Gallery in the Lower Belvedere, remains the key objective of this world-famous cultural institution. In this critical homage, renowned authors explore enduring questions that transcend the different epochs, such as : W...

The New Tenement
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 481

The New Tenement

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-10-12
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book examines "new tenements"—dense, medium-rise, multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since the 1970s and came with a new positive view on urban living. Focusing principally on Berlin, Copenhagen, Glasgow, Rotterdam, and Vienna, it relates architectural design to an evolving intellectual framework that mixed anti-modernist criticism with nostalgic images and strategic goals, and absorbed ideas about the city as a generator of creativity, locale of democratic debate, and object of personal identification.This book analyses new tenements in the context of the post-functionalist city and its mixed-use neighbourhoods, redeveloped industr...

Images of Goethe Through Schiller's Egmont
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 344

Images of Goethe Through Schiller's Egmont

John argues that shifting the focus from the text to the efficacy of performance requires broadening our concept of performance beyond what occurs on stage and its critical reception to include the daily life of the society that provides its context. It follows from this semiotic approach that there can be no fixed text or understanding of Egmont or of Goethe himself - only multiple images. John's exploration of image includes literary motifs, acting, staging, and social role playing, with particular reference to Goethe's development as an artist and cultural icon. In addition to presenting a comprehensive analysis of the play and a discussion of Egmont's reception from its first appearance to the present (including productions on both stage and screen), John provides an in-depth performance analysis based on the theories of Alter, Burns, Carson, Fischer-Lichte, Goffman, Pavis, and Schechner. The book includes the complete Mannheim manuscript (M372), critically edited and published as a performance text for the first time.

Oscar Wilde in Vienna
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 398

Oscar Wilde in Vienna

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-07-17
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Oscar Wilde in Vienna is the first book-length study in English of the reception of Oscar Wilde’s works in the German-speaking world. Charting the plays’ history on Viennese stages between 1903 and 2013, it casts a spotlight on the international reputation of one of the most popular English-language writers while contributing to Austrian cultural history in the long twentieth century. Drawing on extensive archival material, the book examines the appropriation of Wilde's plays against the background of political crises and social transformations. It unravels the mechanisms of cultural transfer and canonisation within an environment positioned — like Wilde himself — at the crossroads of centre and periphery, tradition and modernity.

The Architecture of Red Vienna, 1919-1934
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 554

The Architecture of Red Vienna, 1919-1934

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1999
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

Encyclopedic in its coverage, this seminal work focuses on the architecture of Prague from the turn of the century to the end of the Second World War: a rich matrix within which to place the figures who created the powerful, innovative spirits of modern Czech architecture. The book documents the architects, structures, and theoretical underpinnings that helped to shape Prague's cultural heritage and present-day artistic spirit.

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Architecture. Politics. Gender.
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 364

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Architecture. Politics. Gender.

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-06-19
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  • Publisher: Birkhäuser

A pioneer of architectural history Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000) entered the modernist canon with her “Frankfurt Kitchen.” She is also considered a pioneer of social architecture, a women’s rights activist, and, last but not least, a heroine of the resistance to the Nazi dictatorship. In this book, available in English for the first time, recent research in the fields of art history, contemporary history, pedagogy, and gender studies provides a nuanced picture of Schütte-Lihotzky, whose estate is archived at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The volume explores her rich architectural oeuvre, her transnational experiences and professional networks, her political development as a Communist, and her current reception. It breaks through the mythology to present a rounded picture of Schütte-Lihotzky, an icon of architectural history. First comprehensive publication on Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky in English Cross-disciplinary research contributions by renowned authors; foreword by Juliet Kinchin Illuminates Schütte-Lihotzky’s fascinating work alongside the Frankfurt Kitchen

Austria today
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 782

Austria today

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1984
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Experiencing Vienna
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 268

Experiencing Vienna

Im Rahmen einer fiktiven Handlung a " einer Reise durch Wien zu FuA und mit Affentlichen Verkehrsmitteln a " wird die Stadtentwicklung der letzten Jahre erfahren. Es ist ein Versuch, mit dem stadtentwicklungspolitischen Insiderwissen die KomplexitAt des Wachsens unter qualitAtsbewuAter "Regie" darzustellen. Wie bei einem Drehbuch werden die Rahmenbedingungen skizziert, sozusagen der "rote Faden" der Entwicklung Wiens vor und nach der OstAffnung, vor und nach dem EU-Beitritt A-sterreichs, vor und nach der nicht stattgefundenen EXPO 95 zu verfolgen. Das Stilmittel der ErzAhlung soll auch Nicht-Fachleute zur LektA1/4re animieren.

Umwelt Stadt
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 668

Umwelt Stadt

Weltweit leben Abermillionen von Menschen in Städten. Die "naturferne" Lebensweise der Stadtmenschen, die sich längst auch auf dem Lande verbreitet hat, bringt eine FÃ"lle von Herausforderungen und Problemen mit sich.Die alte Metropole Wien im Herzen Europas scheint die meisten ihrer drängendsten Umweltprobleme bereits in der Vergangenheit gelöst zu haben. Ist dieser Eindruck zutreffend? Wie sind die Wiener und Wienerinnen im Laufe der Geschichte mit ihrer "Umwelt Stadt" umgegangen? Auf welche Weise haben sie den einstigen Naturraum zwischen Donau und Wienerwald in eine Stadtlandschaft verwandelt? Welche ihrer UmweltmaÃYnahmen waren kurzlebig, welche von Dauer und zukunftsweisend?Mit Fragen solcher Art beschäftigen sich die neunzig Autorinnen und Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, die der vorliegende Band zu einer "Geschichte des Natur- und Lebensraumes Wien" versammelt hat. Auch bei diesem RÃ"ckblick geht es im Grunde darum, die Gegenwart besser verstehen zu lernen und Ã"ber die Zukunft nachzudenken.

Das industrielle Erbe Niederösterreichs
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 1032

Das industrielle Erbe Niederösterreichs

Niederösterreich beherbergt eine der ältesten Industrielandschaften Europas und besitzt ein reiches industrielles Erbe. Dieses zu erforschen ist Aufgabe der Industriearchäologie, die sich mit den Überresten des Industriezeitalters befasst und aus den Spuren sowie der Hinterlassenschaft industrieller Tätigkeit, die vielgestaltige Industriegesellschaft zu rekonstruieren versucht. Seit dem sich abzeichnenden Wandel von der Industrie- zur Kommunikationsgesellschaft erhielt die Industriekulturforschung einen besonderen Stellenwert im Rahmen der Geschichtsschreibung. Als für die Industriearchäologie und Industriedenkmalpflege grundlegender Aufgabenbereich erfasst die Inventarisation die mat...