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Wiener Werkstätte
Wiener Werkstätte. Literally ‘Vienna Workshop’, founded in 1903 to emulate English Arts-and-Crafts workshops, such as the Guild of Handicrafts of C. R. Ashbee. It grew partly from the Sezession exhibition of 1900 that included designs by Mackintosh and Ashbee. By 1905 the Werkstätte was employing over 100 people, most of the artefacts being designed by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser (1868–1918). It became the centre for progressive design in Austria-Hungary, promoting a severe rectilinear style. It ceased operations in 1932.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Wiener Werkstätte." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Wiener Werkstätte." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-WienerWerksttte.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Wiener Werkstätte." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-WienerWerksttte.html |
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Wiener Werkstätte
Wiener Werkstätte (German: Viennese Workshops). Arts and crafts studio established in Vienna in 1903 by members of the Sezession. The designers and craftsmen working here, like the British designer William Morris (1834–96), aimed to combine usefulness with aesthetic quality and to reach a wide public. Again like Morris, they were defeated in the last aim because their prices were necessarily high. They made everything from jewellery to complete room decorations (including mosaics) and in the early years of the operation often worked in an Art Nouveau style. The workshops closed in 1932. See also KLIMT.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Wiener Werkstätte." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Wiener Werkstätte." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-WienerWerksttte.html IAN CHILVERS. "Wiener Werkstätte." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-WienerWerksttte.html |
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Wiener Werkstätte
Wiener Werkstätte (Ger.: ‘Viennese Workshop’). Arts and Crafts cooperative studio established in Vienna in 1903 by members of the Sezession. The workshop produced everything from jewellery to complete room decorations, including mosaics (see Klimt). Its designers and craftsmen aimed, like William Morris, to combine usefulness with aesthetic quality. Again like Morris, they found that their necessarily high prices prevented them from reaching the wide public they hoped for. Ultimately the venture was an economic failure and it closed in 1932.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Wiener Werkstätte." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Wiener Werkstätte." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-WienerWerksttte.html IAN CHILVERS. "Wiener Werkstätte." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-WienerWerksttte.html |
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Wiener Werkstätte
Wiener Werkstätte (German: Viennese Workshop). Arts and crafts cooperative studio established in Vienna in 1903 by members of the Sezession. The workshop produced everything from jewellery to complete room decorations, including mosaics (see Klimt). Its designers and craftsmen aimed, like William Morris, to combine usefulness with aesthetic quality. Again like Morris, they found that their necessarily high prices prevented them from reaching the wide public they hoped for. Ultimately the venture was an economic failure and it closed in 1932.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Wiener Werkstätte." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Wiener Werkstätte." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-WienerWerksttte.html IAN CHILVERS. "Wiener Werkstätte." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-WienerWerksttte.html |
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