About the book: Habsburg cult and coffee house literature, waltz rhythm and Schönberg, Opera Ball, Wiener Werkstätte and Viennese charm, Art Nouveau, MUMOK and Albertina, Qualtinger and Jelinek, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Prater, Naschmarkt and Strudlhofstiege, the banal, the epochal and the bizarre – Vienna is full of stories and visual spectacles. With hundreds of photographs from the last 175 years, this collection invites you on a walk through the history and the districts of the Austrian capital – from the Imperial and Royal glory and the Fin de Siècle through Cold War Vienna to the modern metropolis.
Biography: Andreas J. Hirsch (1961, Vienna) is an author, curator and artistic photographer. He has published books on Pablo Picasso, Tina Modotti, Friedensreich Hundertwasser and HR Giger and was curator of the KunstHausWien from 2009–2014, where he designed exhibitions on Henri Cartier-Bresson, Linda McCartney and HR Giger, among others.
Christian Brandstätter (1943–2024) founded the Brandstätter Verlag in 1982 and published pioneering illustrated books on Vienna around 1900, the Wiener Werkstätte and the history of Austrian photography.
Hans-Michael Koetzle (1953) lives in Munich and is the author of numerous works on the history and aesthetics of photography, including The Magazine twen, Photo Icons, The Encyclopedia of Photographers and René Burri: Photographs.
Pages: 532
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AUTHOR: Andreas J. Hirsch
Christian Brandstätter
Hans-Michael Koetzle
First publication: 30/10/2019
Language of the book: Multilingual (English, French, German)
Edition: INT
ISBN: 978-3-8365-6726-8
Topics: Photography and Lifestyle, Cooking & Travel
Dimensions: 25.0 cm x 34.0 cm, Weight 4.47 kg
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- Color White
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- Style Hygge
- Article Number 978-3-8365-6726-8
- Dimensions W 25cm x D 1cm x H 34cm
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