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JOSEF HOFFMANN 1870–1956: Progress Through Beauty (Birkhauser)

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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 , a professor at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts , and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte cooperative , the Deutscher Werkbund association and the Österreichischer Werkbund , 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.

Language: English

Pages: 456

Format: Hardcover

Release: August 13, 2021

ISBN 13: 9783035622966

JOSEF HOFFMANN 1870–1956: Progress Through Beauty (Birkhauser)

0/5 ( ratings)

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 , a professor at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts , and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte cooperative , the Deutscher Werkbund association and the Österreichischer Werkbund , 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.

Language: English

Pages: 456

Format: Hardcover

Release: August 13, 2021

ISBN 13: 9783035622966

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