ENGLISH

Creating Your Home with Style

By Adolf Loos

Book information

Publisher
Metroverlag
Year
2013
ISBN
399300132X, 9783993001322
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11041071 bytes)
Pages
128\70
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-07-24 14:36:55

Description

Adolf Loos was an eloquent voice against the squandering of fine materials, ornamentation and unnecessary embellishments. The rational underpinnings of his later assertion that “ornament is crime” first appear in these polemical thrusts at the stylized work of the Viennese secessionists. Few are acquainted with his amusing, incisive, critical and philosophical literary works on applied design and the essence of style in fin de siecle Vienna. Loos often had a radical, yet innovative outlook on life that made him such a nuisance for many of his contemporaries. His provocative musings on an assortment of subjects portray him as a man of many interests, and possessing a keen feel for elegant design still valued today. This publication is now available in English for the first time. 128 pages / 12 x 19 cm / English

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