Vienna Secession

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- "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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