Competing Visions. Aesthetic Invention and Social Imagination in Central European Architecture 1867-1918
Competing Visions. Aesthetic Invention and Social Imagination in Central European Architecture 1867-1918
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Moravanszky, Akos.
MIT 1998
SKU S03328
The Habsburg monarchy and its successor states played a significant role in the development of modern culture. Although scholars have recognized the contributions of Viennese intellectuals, they have all but ignored those of other centers such as Budapest, Prague, Brno, Cracow, Zagreb, and Ljubljana. Historical research in Central Europe still emphasizes national and regional differences rather than common issues and developments. In this book Ákos Moravánszky presents the first comparative study of the architecture of the countries that defined the Austro-Hungarian monarchy from 1867 to 1918. He discusses the aesthetic innovations of Central European architects by analyzing key buildings and by studying the crucial debates about modernity, national identity, tectonic form, and the social role of the architect.
508 pp. many b/w illus
