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Hidden modernism : the fascination with the occult around 1900 / Leopold Museum ; editors, Matthias Dusini, Ivan Ristić, Hans-Peter Wipplinger.
Fine Arts Library N7745.O55 H53 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Occultism in art--Exhibitions.
- Occultism in art.
- Supernatural in art--Exhibitions.
- Supernatural in art.
- Occultism--Austria--Vienna--History--19th century.
- Occultism.
- Occultism--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
- Art, Austrian--19th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Austrian.
- Art, Austrian--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Modern--20th century--History--Exhibitions.
- Art, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Fascination of the occult around 1900
- Place of Publication:
- Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Around 1900, occultism had reached parts of Viennese culture and society. Spiritualism, imported from the US, as well as Theosophy, informed by Far-Eastern doctrines of salvation, inspired many people to strive for a "better self". Artists and scientists sought to explore the fourth dimension, which promised access to cosmic spheres and new levels of consciousness. This desire for self-development went hand in hand with social criticism. Exponents of life reform celebrated nature as an antidote to the sense of alienation that accompanied urban life. The aim of this holistic movement was to achieve a harmony of body, soul and spirit."--Rear cover.
- Contents:
- Prologue and acknowledgements / Hans-Peter Wipplinger
- Vienna as a hub of the Occult-Reformist International / Karl Baier
- "Who you gonna call?" Waves of Spiritism and their proponents / Michaela Lindinger
- "I really have to be on my guard." The mathematician Oskar Simony between natural sciences and esotericism / Matthias Dusini
- Highly spirited. Female authorship between séance and literature / Kira Kaufmann
- New bygone times. Impressions from the pantheon of hidden modernism / Ivan Ristić
- "Another reality" / Astrid Kury
- Arnold Schönberg - the composer's eye / Therese Muxeneder
- The rush of motion. Occultism and new dance / Laure Feurle
- The (un)stoppable ascent towards the self. Notes on life reform in Vienna / Michaela Lindinger
- Plates / with texts by Matthias Dusini, Michaela Lindinger and Ivan Ristić.
- Notes:
- On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Leopold Museum, Vienna, September 4, 2025 - January 18, 2026.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-288).
- Local Notes:
- On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Leopold Museum, Vienna, September 4, 2025 - January 18, 2026.
- Other Edition:
- German edition: 9783753308791
- ISBN:
- 9783753308807
- 3753308803
- OCLC:
- 1547137494
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