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Book Vienna s Ringstrasse

Download or read book Vienna s Ringstrasse written by Alfred Fogarassy and published by Hatje Cantz Pub. This book was released on 2014 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A publication celebrating the 150th anniversary of the groundbreaking for Vienna's Ringstrasse. This volume brings the "society of the Ringstrasse" to life; it tells the story of the architects and artists involved in this fascinating ensemble and of everyday life behind the facades. Contemporary photographs capture the wealth of this architectural legacy and are shown alongside previously unpublished historical photographs.

Book Fin De Siecle Vienna

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carl E. Schorske
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2012-02-01
  • ISBN : 0307814513
  • Pages : 429 pages

Download or read book Fin De Siecle Vienna written by Carl E. Schorske and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize Winner and landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time: a magnificent revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born. "Not only is it a splendid exploration of several aspects of early modernism in their political context; it is an indicator of how the discipline of intellectual history is currently practiced by its most able and ambitious craftsmen. It is also a moving vindication of historical study itself, in the face of modernism's defiant suggestion that history is obsolete." -- David A. Hollinger, History Book Club Review "Each of [the seven separate studies] can be read separately....Yet they are so artfully designed and integrated that one who reads them in order is impressed by the book's wholeness and the momentum of its argument." -- Gordon A. Craig, The New Republic "A profound work...on one of the most important chapters of modern intellectual history" -- H.R. Trevor-Roper, front page, The New York Times Book Review "Invaluable to the social and political historian...as well as to those more concerned with the arts" -- John Willett, The New York Review of Books "A work of original synthesis and scholarship. Engrossing." -- Newsweek

Book A Companion to Medieval Vienna

Download or read book A Companion to Medieval Vienna written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a multidisciplinary view on the complexity of an emerging city, offering, for the first time in English, an overview of the current state of research on Vienna in the Middle Ages.

Book Approaches to Planning

Download or read book Approaches to Planning written by Ernest R. Alexander and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1992 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book Style and Seduction

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elana Shapira
  • Publisher : Brandeis University Press
  • Release : 2016-05-22
  • ISBN : 1611689694
  • Pages : 342 pages

Download or read book Style and Seduction written by Elana Shapira and published by Brandeis University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-22 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A recent surge of interest in Jewish patronage during the golden years of Vienna has led to the question, Would modernism in Vienna have developed in the same fashion had Jewish patrons not been involved? This book uniquely treats Jewish identification within Viennese modernism as a matter of Jews active fashioning of a new language to convey their aims of emancipation along with their claims of cultural authority. In this provocative reexamination of the roots of Viennese modernism, Elana Shapira analyzes the central role of Jewish businessmen, professionals, and writers in the evolution of the city's architecture and design from the 1860s to the 1910s. According to Shapira, these patrons negotiated their relationship with their non-Jewish surroundings and clarified their position within Viennese society by inscribing Jewish elements into the buildings, interiors, furniture, and design objects that they financed, produced, and co-designed. In the first book to investigate the cultural contributions of the banker Eduard Todesco, the steel tycoon Karl Wittgenstein, the textile industrialist Fritz Waerndorfer, the author Peter Altenberg, the tailor Leopold Goldman, and many others, Shapira reconsiders theories identifying the crisis of Jewish assimilation as a primary creative stimulus for the Jewish contribution to Viennese modernism. Instead, she argues that creative tensions between Jews and non-Jews - patrons and designers who cooperated and arranged well-choreographed social encounters with one another - offer more convincing explanations for the formation of a new semantics of modern Viennese architecture and design than do theories based on assimilation. This thoroughly researched and richly illustrated book will interest scholars and students of Jewish studies, Vienna and Viennese culture, and modernism.

Book Freud  Dora  and Vienna 1900

Download or read book Freud Dora and Vienna 1900 written by Hannah S. Decker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992-09-21 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychoanalytic encounter of Sigmund Freud, at mid-life, and Dora, an emotionally troubled adolescent suffering from hysteria, provides a glimpse into the private lives of upper-middle-class Jews in fin-de-siecle Vienna - their professional concerns, familial relations, sexual undercurrents, and responses to the social forces of anti-semitism and the derogation of women. Decker places the treatment of Dora in a larger social and historical context and pursues the lives of the two protagonists before and after their meeting.

Book Rick Steves Pocket Vienna

Download or read book Rick Steves Pocket Vienna written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves! This colorful, compact guidebook is perfect for spending a week or less in Vienna: City walks and tours: Seven detailed self-guided walks including a central Vienna walk, tours of St. Stephen's Cathedral and Schönbrunn Palace, and more Rick's strategic advice on what's worth your time and money What to eat and where to stay: Indulge in pork schnitzel and local riesling, relax with locals at a Viennese coffeehouse, and soak up the Baroque charm of an Old Town B&B Day-by-day itineraries to help you prioritize your time A detailed, detachable fold-out map, plus museum and city maps throughout Full-color, portable, and slim for exploring on-the-go Trip-planning practicalities like when to go, how to get around, basic German phrases, and more Lightweight, yet packed with info on Vienna's history and culture, Rick Steves Pocket Vienna truly is a tour guide in your pocket. Expanding your trip? Try Rick Steves Vienna, Salzburg & Tirol.

Book WITTGENSTEIN IN VIENNA

    Book Details:
  • Author : Allan S. Janik
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 1998-10-06
  • ISBN : 9783211830772
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book WITTGENSTEIN IN VIENNA written by Allan S. Janik and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1998-10-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wittgenstein in Vienna" documents Wittgenstein's life in the city: the places he, his family and those with whom he was in contact, lived, worked, entertained and socialized. The book will be a source of enrichment to the cultural tourist in Vienna. Its authors are authorities on Wittgenstein's philosophy especially in relation to Viennese culture and popular culture, in particular the world of the coffee house and cabaret.

Book Rick Steves Vienna  Salzburg   Tirol

Download or read book Rick Steves Vienna Salzburg Tirol written by Rick Steves and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Vienna. With this guide, you'll explore elegant Vienna—the epicenter of opera, coffee, Art Nouveau, and waltz music. Meander through Habsburg palaces and nibble a Sacher torte in a velvet-lined café. In the evening, catch a classical concert, or sip wine with the locals in a traditional Heuriger garden. Beyond Vienna, stroll the Baroque street of Salzburg, home to Mozart and The Sound of Music for a taste of the Alpine living, head to the snowy peaks and green valleys of Tirol. Rick's candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. He'll help you plan where to go and what to see, depending on the length of your trip. You'll get up-to-date recommendations about what is worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.

Book The Rough Guide to Vienna

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rough Guides
  • Publisher : Rough Guides UK
  • Release : 2011-07-01
  • ISBN : 1848366825
  • Pages : 311 pages

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Vienna written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Vienna is the ultimate guide to one of Europe's most elegant and civilised capital cities. From the world-class art galleries and museums full of Art Nouveau and Modernist pieces to getting off the beaten track and exploring the narrow, cobbled backstreets of the Innere Stadt or the lively cafés and bars of the Naschmarkt area, this guide covers it all. Frank, incisive reviews take you straight to the best of the city's coffee houses, restaurants and nightlife venues, from the minimalist to the magnificently traditional, while tell-it-like-it-is listings help you find the right accommodation for your budget, whether that's a boutique hotel off Karlsplatz, a grand classic on the Ringstrasse, or just a perfect budget hideaway. With inspirational photography, neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood accounts and detailed, up-to-date maps, The Rough Guide to Vienna is the perfect companion for a weekend away or a longer city break. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Vienna.

Book Time Out Vienna

    Book Details:
  • Author : Editors of Time Out
  • Publisher : Time Out Guides
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 1846701430
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Time Out Vienna written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2011 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Time Out Vienna" takes you into the grandiloquent streetscapes of this elegant cultural capital. While pinpointing the essentials on the capital of the Habsburgs and its fabulous musical tradition, the guide hails the city's commitment to its citizens, the exuberance of its contemporary culture and the sensual pleasures that lurk amid the grandeur of its kaleidoscopic architecture.

Book Southern Germany and Austria

Download or read book Southern Germany and Austria written by Karl Baedeker (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Austria Hungary

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karl Baedeker (Firm)
  • Publisher : Leipzig : Karl Baedeker
  • Release : 1911
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 920 pages

Download or read book Austria Hungary written by Karl Baedeker (Firm) and published by Leipzig : Karl Baedeker. This book was released on 1911 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Rough Guide to Vienna

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Vienna written by Rob Humphreys and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2001 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This distinctive city guide swells with incisive listings to the best and best-value Vienna offerings in hotels, restaurants, and night life, as well as the city's famous cafes. Information on Vienna's spectacular sights and day trips both inside and outside the city is featured. 30 maps and plans. of color maps.

Book Eros and Inwardness in Vienna

Download or read book Eros and Inwardness in Vienna written by David S. Luft and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although we usually think of the intellectual legacy of twentieth-century Vienna as synonymous with Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalytic theories, other prominent writers from Vienna were also radically reconceiving sexuality and gender. In this probing new study, David Luft recovers the work of three such writers: Otto Weininger, Robert Musil, and Heimito von Doderer. His account emphasizes the distinctive intellectual world of liberal Vienna, especially the impact of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche in this highly scientific intellectual world. According to Luft, Otto Weininger viewed human beings as bisexual and applied this theme to issues of creativity and morality. Robert Musil developed a creative ethics that was closely related to his open, flexible view of sexuality and gender. And Heimito von Doderer portrayed his own sexual obsessions as a way of understanding the power of total ideologies, including his own attraction to National Socialism. For Luft, the significance of these three writers lies in their understandings of eros and inwardness and in the roles that both play in ethical experience and the formation of meaningful relations to the world-a process that continues to engage artists, writers, and thinkers today. Eros and Inwardness in Vienna will profoundly reshape our understanding of Vienna's intellectual history. It will be important for anyone interested in Austrian or German history, literature, or philosophy.

Book Vienna and the Viennese

Download or read book Vienna and the Viennese written by Maria Hornor Lansdale and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Vienna

Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Vienna written by DK Travel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with fantastic photographs, illustrations, and maps, plus detailed descriptions and useful advice, this unbeatable guide will lead you to the best of Vienna. We will show you everything from the Stephansdom cathedral, to the MuseumsQuartier Wien, and the Schönbrunn palace. Explore one of the city's many museums, such the lavish Museum of Fine Arts, and catch a performance at the Spanish Riding School or the Vienna Opera House. Wander the medieval streets of Old Vienna and then admire the imperial palaces of the Hofburg Quarter before taking a break from sightseeing to visit a grand coffee house. The guide also includes practical tips, itineraries, transportation information, and hotel and restaurant recommendations to help you plan the perfect trip. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Vienna truly shows you this city as no one else can.