The Wittgenstein Vitrine Modern Opulence In Vienna
The Wittgenstein Vitrine Modern Opulence In Vienna
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Tucker, Kevin W. Baas, Fran + Elisabeth Schmuttermeirer.
Yale 2005
SKU: S02117
The Wittgenstein Vitrine, a monumental silver and gemstone-encrusted cabinet, is one of the most important and complex works produced by Austria's Wiener Werkstatte. Kevin W. Tucker weaves together a fascinating portrait of the vitrine, examining its stylistic origins and context, the powerful Wittgenstein family, and Vienna during its apogee of artistic ferment. His essay explores how the vitrine and its presentation at the 1908 Kunstschau embodied the debate over progressive ornamentation and suggested the evolving definition of modernity in the early 20th century.
88 pp. Color photos with b/w plans. Cl..
