#VIENNA SECESSION BOOK COVER FULL#

This, in concert with their official journal Ver Sacrum, not only introduced the Austrian capital to their work, but that of contemporary and historical art movements on a global scale.

Led at the beginning by Gustav Klimt, the Secessionists gave contemporary art its first dedicated venue in the city. It was the coalescence of the first movement of artists and designers who were committed to a forward-thinking, internationalist view of the art world, all-encompassing in its embrace and integration of genres and fields, and - highly idealistically - freed from the dictates of entrenched values or prevailing commercial tastes. Ver Sacrum reveals the tremendous originality of the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) language, a cornerstone of modernity that elaborated new forms of design, illustration and print/editorial composition.The formation of the Vienna Secession in 1897 marked, quite accurately, the formal beginning of modern art in Austria - a nation at the time noted for its attachment to a highly conservative tradition. I canвЂ™t imagine any better coverage of the subject for someone such as you or I, unless we could have a complete volume of every page in every issue, which would take multiple volumes, or a windy scholarly examinationвЂ¦the art can, for the most part, speak for itself. And itвЂ™s not just covering the field of turn-of-the-century art, it was leading the field by example.Д®ach year of issues opens with an overview of the contributors and their contributions, putting all the various themes and changes into perspective. IвЂ™d like to say itвЂ™s the Austrian equivalent of EnglandвЂs The Studio, that is correct as far as time period and art quality, but Ver Sacram takes reproduction techniques and quality to an entirely new level of excellence. Never before have we seen a book of this quality and with this quantity of reproductions from this magazine. Writers including Rainer Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Maurice Maeterlinck, Knut Hamsun, Otto Julius Bierbaum, Richard Dehmel, Ricarda Huch, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer and Arno Holz were published in its pages.ДЇrom Scotland even Charles Rennie MacIntosh and the MacDonalds became contributors, leaders in their own countryвЂ™s art nouveau movement.

#VIENNA SECESSION BOOK COVER FULL#

Some of these artists were architects, others illustrators, others designers, and they created this magazine to reflect art at its highest level, with each page highly designed with vignettes, borders, illustrated drop caps (initial letters)вЂ¦each aspect of the magazine a work of art, from cover to prose works to poetry to full page illustrations. Each issue addressed a different theme, and they even changed paper quality and printers to keep the innovation coming along.

Ver Sacrum (meaning вЂњSacred SpringвЂќ in Latin) was conceived by this all-star list of young, rebellious, wildly creative artists. This collects all 120 regular issue covers-plus special, limited-edition covers-along with a selection of the very finest and most innovative interior artworks.

With all-original artwork by Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Klimt, Schiele and others, the avante garde Austrian magazine Ver Sacrum set the standard for art nouveau imagery and fine magazine design.This Vienna Secession showpiece was published from 1898 to 1903, collecting 471 original drawings made specifically for the magazine, 55 lithographs and copper engravings and 216 block prints. Pin-Up & Adult вЂ“You must be 18 or older.

Vienna secession book cover