Alois Riegl Revisited (Paperback)

Peter Noever

ISBN 10: 370016498X / ISBN 13: 9783700164982

Published by Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2010

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Paperback. Der Kunsthistoriker Alois Riegl (1858-1905) gilt heute als eine der geistigen Leitfiguren des Wiener Fin de Siecle. Seine Schriften, die sich grosser internationaler Aufmerksamkeit erfreuen, stehen fur eine zum Teil radikale fachliche Neuausrichtung. Sowohl als Kurator am Osterreichischen Museum fur Kunst und Industrie (heute MAK) als auch als Ordinarius an der Universitat Wien und schliesslich als Generalkonservator der k.k. Zentralkommission fur die Erforschung und Erhaltung der Kunst- und historischen Denkmale beschritt Riegl grundlegend neue Wege der Kunstforschung, deren innovativer Gehalt vielfach erst in jungster Zeit erkannt wurde. Aus Anlass seines 100. Todestages fand in Wien im Spatherbst 2005 ein prominent besetztes Symposium statt, dessen Beitrage - bisweilen in stark erweiterter Form - im vorliegenden Band gesammelt sind. Sie veranschaulichen nicht nur die enorme Bandbreite von Riegls Denken, sondern beleuchten auch den intellektuellen Beitrag, den der Wiener Kunsthistoriker fur die europaische Moderne leistete. The art historian Alois Riegl (1858-1905) is today considered one of the intellectual leaders of the Viennese fin de siecle. His writings, which enjoy international acclaim, represent a specific direction that was in part radically new. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alois Riegl Revisited (Paperback)
• Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 370016498X
• ISBN 13: 9783700164982
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The art historian Alois Riegl (1858-1905) is today considered one of the intellectual leaders of the Viennese fin de siecle. His writings, which enjoy international acclaim, represent a specific direction that was in part radically new. Riegl served as curator at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry (today the MAK) as well as full professor at the University of Vienna, and finally as the General Conservator for the Central Commission for the Research and Preservation of Art and Historical Monuments. In all these functions Riegl explored new paths of art research, the innovative nature of which has only recently been recognised. On the occasion of the centenary of his death, a symposium took place in late autumn of 2005, attended by highly regarded experts, whose contributions - sometimes in greatly extended form - have been collected in the present volume. Not only do they illustrate the immense range of Riegl's ideas, they also shed light on the intellectual contribution made by the Viennese art historian to European modernity. German text.

About the Author

Peter Noever is C.E.O. and Artistic Director of the MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art in Vienna.