Vienna Secession
Vienna Secession Shauna Coy IDT 3020 – Johnson WSU Spring 2013 Vienna Secession The Vienna Secession was founded on 3 April 1897 by artists Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Joseph Maria Olbrich, and Max Kurzweil. Architecture - rectangular and cubic forms that dominate the composition, monumental mass, sparing use or ornament, and an emphasis on function, light, and air. Architects often strive to transform Vienna’s existing classical architecture with Hoffmann and Gustav Klimt, simplicity, functionality, and modern materials Palais Stoclet Dining Room, 1905-11 These creations are highly individual and innovative. Two of the secessionist's most famous projects are its own exhibition space, the Secessionist Building and the Palais Stoclet, a sophisticated private house for millionaire banker and art collector Adolphe Stoclet in Brussels, Belgium. Projects include offices, railway stations, museums, shop galleries, churches, large apartment complexes and tenant houses. Private houses for affluent patrons are important examples of the style. Motifs - Squares and checker patterns in black and white or in solid and void rendition like dots, repetitive geometric designs, medallions, circles, carved floral ornament, sunflowers, Exterior of the philodendrons, roses, and laurel trees or leaves Palais Stoclet Otto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks. In 1894, when he became Professor of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, he was well advanced on his path toward a more radical opposition to the prevailing currents of historicist architecture. In 1896 he published a textbook entitled Modern Architecture in which he expressed his ideas about the role of the architect; it was based on the text of his 1894 inaugural lecture to the Academy.
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