Vienna School Reader: Politics and Art Historical Method in the 1930s

by Christopher Wood

Book Overview

An English-language introduction to the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history.

This book introduces to an English-language audience the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history. In the 1930s Hans Sedlmayr (1896-1984) and Otto P cht (1902-1988) undertook an ambitious extension of the formalist art historical project of Alois Riegl (1858-1905). Sedlmayr and P cht began with an aestheticist conception...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890951153
• ISBN13: 9781890951153
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher