Framing formalism : Riegl's work / commentary, Richard Woodfield ; Hans Sedlmayr ... [and others], essays.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woodfield, Richard.

Sedlmayr, Hans, 1896-1984.

Series:

Critical voices in art, theory and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Riegl, Alois, 1858-1905--Criticism and interpretation.

Riegl, Alois.

Riegl, Alois, 1858-1905.

Formalism (Art).

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

viii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Riegl's work

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : G+B Arts International, [2000]

Summary:

Alois Riegl (1858-1905) was one of the founding fathers of modern formalist criticism. As a member of the Vienna School of Art Historians, he shared their range of interests in the decorative arts, art in transition, conservation and monuments. In addition to offering the first structuralist account of the history of art Riegl also created a formalist approach to the history of ornament, one unmatched until Gombrich's publication of The Sense of Order. These critical essays examine various facets of Riegl's work. They open with a new translation of Hans Sedlmayr's famous, and notorious, Die Quintessenze der Lehren Riegls. Included is Julius von Schlosser's assessment of Riegl's contribution to the Vienna School of Art Historians as well as essays by a team of international scholars. This book offers a re-engagement with the ideas of one of the most important and neglected art historians of the 20th century.

Contents:

Introduction - Aloïs Riegl : history's deposition / Saul Ostrow

The quintessence of Riegl's thought / Hans Sedlmayr

Aloïs Riegl / Julius von Schlosser

Reading Riegl's Kunst-Industrie / Richard Woodfield

Space, grace, and stylistic conformity : Spätrömische Kunstindustrie, and architecture / Andrew Ballantyne

Problems of style : Riegl's problematic foundations / Joaquín Lorda

Aloïs Riegl : Volkskunst, Hausfleiss, und Hausindustrie / Stefan Muthesius

The vital skin : Riegl, the Maori, and Loos / Joseph Masheck

The reception and first criticism of Aloïs Riegl in the Czech protection of historical monuments / Ivo Hlobil

Riegl and the family portrait, or how to deal with a genre or group of art / Frauke Laarman

I've got you under my skin : Rembrandt, Riegl, and the will of art history / Benjamin Binstock

Subjectivity and modernism : Riegl and the rediscovery of the Baroque / Matthew Rampley

Works that have lasted... Walter Benjamin reading Aloïs Riegl / Giles Peaker

Commentary / Richard Woodfield.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9057013126

9057013223

OCLC:

42875222