Vienna Secession
- "father of the skyscraper" - first American modern architect - Mentor of Frank Lloyd Wright - designed banks
Who was Louis Sullivan?
- leader of vienna secession movement - father of modernism
Who was Otto Wagner?
-Otto Wagner -Joseph Olbrich -Adolph Loos -Josef Hoffman -Gustav Klimt
Vienna Secessionists
1. group of artists that protested Academy's lack of acceptance of modernist work 2. characterized by greater symmetry 3. accented with nature motifs
What was the vienna secession?
MIT and Ecole Beaux Arts
Where did Louis Sullivan study?
-architect and designer - designed homes, leather goods, retail, jewelry
Who was Joseph Hoffman?
- student of Otto Wagner - inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Who was Joseph Olbrich?
- US painter turned glass worker - son of founder of Tiffany's jewelry - mainly Victorian
Who was Louis Comfort Tiffany? What was his style?
- Adolph Loos - Steiner House - tripartite facade - barn like - faced with stucco - recessed entrance - homey interior - rear of house - mainly linear with some curved lines
who, what, features?
- Joseph Hoffman - Puckersdorf - T.B. clinic - geometric facade - antiseptic looking interiors - furniture = unwelcoming, rectilinear - overabundance of white PUCKERSDORF, AUSTRIA
who, what, features?
- Joseph Olbrich (commissioned) - Vienna Secession Gallery - geometric facade - temple like - elevated - gold dome - nature inspired facade - allegoric masks - mix of painting, architecture, and sculpture VIENNA, AUSTRIA
who, what, features?
- Otto Wagner - St. Leopold's Church - part of psychiatric hospital complex - twin towers - central gold dome - statuary in front of church - seren interior - used by nazis for experimentation during WWII
who, what, features?
- Otto Wagner - Vienna Post Office Savings Bank - faced = combo of traditional and modern - exposed bolts on facade of building form part of the decoration
who, what, features?
- Joseph Hoffman - Stoclet Palace - built for wealthy banker - facade is norwegian marble - extensive use of marble on inside - luxurious - ugly - Gustav Klimt designed mosaic - mosaic = marble, glass, semi-precious stone
who, what, features? Who designed mosaic pieces in dining room and what was it made of?
- Otto Wagner - Karlsplatz Subway Station
who, what?
-Louis Sullivan - Wainwright Building
who, what?
- Joseph Olbrich - Wedding Tower - gift to his second wife DARMSTDAT, GERMANY
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