Fashioning Vienna: Adolf Loos's Cultural Criticism

by Janet Stewart

Book Overview

This book seeks, through an examination of the form and content of his texts, to extend our understanding of Adolf Loos and his role in the struggle to define the nature of modernity in Vienna at the turn of the nineteenth century. It makes extensive use of primary sources including archive material and newspaper reports, which serve to shed new light on the way in which Loos's writings are embedded in their socio-cultural context. Drawing on insights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415221773
• ISBN13: 9780415221771
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"