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Exploring the Genius of Vienna’s Otto Wagner

February 19, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

Can it be possible to prove the genius of an architect with just two adjacent apartment buildings? I think so. But that’s certainly not to say that Otto Wagner (1841-1918) did not create plenty of other examples of his genius, especially since – after an early period defined by historicism – his work moved him …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Borsi (Franco), Godoli (Ezio), Kassel-Mikula (Renata), Ludwig (Alois), Moser (Koloman), Olbrich (Josef Maria), Schimkowitz (Othmar), Vienna - Secession, Wagner (Otto)

“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)

What is the Vienna Secession?

October 29, 2019 By Guy St. Clair

Americans are at a disadvantage when answering our title question because the word “secession” is so identified with our Civil War. When eleven southern states each announced that they were seceding from the United States in 1860 and 1861, they initiated this bloody conflict. In Austria, on the other hand, “secession” had nothing to do with …

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

More Art Nouveau Notes: Time and Place

May 31, 2019 By Guy St. Clair

Art Nouveau provides much pleasure to those who (like myself) have been captured by the allure of the style, and I think I might have come up with a reason why Art Nouveau is so appealing. It’s not only that the style provides the opportunity to experience exceptional beauty, however that elusive quality is defined …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Personal History Tagged With: art nouveau, Jullian (Philippe), l'art nouveau, Paris - Exposition 1900, Sembach (Klaus-Jürgen), Vienna - Secession

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