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Opera: Vienna: Otto-Wagner-Spital / Klinik Penzing and The “Parsifal” Connection

July 13, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

Let’s have another look at the beautiful site where Otto Wagner’s stunning Kirche am Steinhof is located. It’s an iconic Art Nouveau structure I’ve written about before (last December in fact), and many readers commented positively when I described Wagner’s church, located at the top of the hill overlooking the district. So I’m now happy to …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Central European University, Hermanis (Alvis), Jugendstil - Vienna, Kirche am Steinhof, Laurson (Jens F.), Parsifal (opera), Pöhn (Michael), Vienna, Vienna Klinik Penzing, Vienna Staatsoper, Wagner (Otto), Wagner (Richard)

“The Most Beautiful Art Nouveau Church in the World”

December 10, 2019 By Guy St. Clair

Having earlier touched briefly on the Vienna Secession movement (What is the Vienna Secession? October 29, 2019) and on its connection with Art Nouveau in Vienna (toward the end of More Art Nouveau Notes: Time and Place, May 31, 2019), I continue to be intrigued by the links between the two. Timewise, the two movements overlapped, with …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Jugendstil - Vienna, Vienna - Art Nouveau, Vienna - Secession, Vienna - Steinhof (St. Leopold Church), Wagner (Otto)

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