Description
| Product ID: | 9783035622966 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Title: | JOSEF HOFFMANN 1870-1956: Progress Through Beauty |
| Subtitle: | The Guide to His Oeuvre |
| Authors: | Author: Christian Witt-Doerring, Rainald Franz, Matthias Boeckl, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein |
| Page Count: | 456 |
| Subjects: | Individual architects and architectural firms, Individual architects & architectural firms |
| Description: | This book is the first comprehensive document to the complete works of Josef Hoffmann. As a student of Otto Wagner, a founding member of the Vienna Secession art movement (1897), a professor at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule) (1899-1936), and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstatte cooperative (1903), the Deutscher Werkbund association (1907) and the OEsterreichischer Werkbund (1912), Hoffmann helped to cultivate a new model of architectural and product design characterized by advanced craftsmanship and artistic ambition. The book, which features more than 40 illustrated essays by well-known experts on Hoffmann's most significant buildings, interiors, exhibitions, and craft and product design, covers all facets of his extensive oeuvre. Richly illustrated, it includes a detailed biography and a comprehensive documentation section, making this a new standard reference work. This book is the first comprehensive document to the complete works of Josef Hoffmann. As a student of Otto Wagner, a founding member of the Vienna Secession art movement (1897), a professor at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule) (1899–1936), and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte cooperative (1903), the Deutscher Werkbund association (1907) and the Österreichischer Werkbund (1912), Hoffmann helped to cultivate a new model of architectural and product design characterized by advanced craftsmanship and artistic ambition. The book, which features more than 40 illustrated essays by well-known experts on Hoffmann’s most significant buildings, interiors, exhibitions, and craft and product design, covers all facets of his extensive oeuvre. Richly illustrated, it includes a detailed biography and a comprehensive documentation section, making this a new standard reference work. |
| Imprint Name: | Birkhauser |
| Publisher Name: | Birkhauser |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-07-19 |