Stephen Smith explores the interior of the Loos house. In 1910, the Loos house shocks Vienna with its functional and simple style. His most influential writing is on architecture. Art Nouveau Criticism (03:57)Īdolf Loos is a vehement opponent of the secession. Weidinger of the Belvedere Museum in Vienna discusses the painting's name and Klimt's use of gold. Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" is a rare iconic work of art. See aerial images of the palais and pictures of the interior. Visitors are forbidden to enter the Stoclet palais grounds because of legal issues. Artwork from Gustav Klimt and other secessionists adorn the interior of the house. See the floor plans of the Adolphe Stoclet's house. Victor Horta's architecture pioneers the use of organic curls and one of the first architects to use electric light in his interior design. Stephen Smith wanders through Brussels and admires the architecture. Finest Art Nouveau Building in Brussels (02:38)Īdolphe Stoclet commissions Josef Hoffmann to build his dream house in 1904. Adolphe Stoclet becomes a patron of the Wiener Werkstätte. See the spirit of the secession depicted in common furniture and kitchen items. Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser create the Wiener Werkstätte workshop in 1903. See the spirit of the secession depicted in a kitchen cabinet. Secessionists live a life surrounded by art. Wagner's designs for the underground stations are a high point of construction and decoration. Architects, including Otto Wagner, join the radical movement.
The Vienna art revolution coincides with a social revolution. Bless You: the Secession Aesthetic (04:06) The secessionists' first show attracts a crowd of 60,000. To the art its freedom." The Secession is one of the first white cube gallery spaces. Emblazoned above the door reads "To the age its art. In 1898, the secessionists construct a building to showcase art nouveau.
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The paintings reveal free expression in art nouveau. Stephen Smith explores the deeper details in what appears to be traditional paintings by secessionists at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna. Klimt and the secessionists publish an art journal, Ver Sacrum.
Stephen Smith discusses Klimt's position as president of the secessionists. Learn Gustav Klimt's path to becoming the most celebrated artist in the world of art nouveau and see his ceiling panels in the Burgtheater and the Vienna University. Klimt Turns His Back on the Establishment (04:26) See an image of some of the original secessionists. In April, 1897, a group of young artists secede from Künstlerhaus traditions and proclaim Gustav Klimt their group's president. Stephen Smith explains that the Künstlerhaus had a strangle hold on Viennese artists in old Vienna and always chose to exhibit traditional art. Historian Philipp Blom discusses Vienna's imperial rigid culture and institutionalized hypocrisy. Viennese artists question the city's moral compass. In January, 1889, Crown Prince Rudolph murders his lover and then himself. Stephen Smith and other art lovers admire Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss." He questions why an old city, like Vienna, embraced a new style like art nouveau. Bohemian artists unleash a wave of sensuous art Vienna artists had an intense affair with art nouveau. A radical new style sweeps across Europe at the end of the 19th century.
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