Architecture and Truth in Fin-de-Si Cle Vienna

By Leslie Topp

Leslie Topp investigates how truth in Viennese architecture at the turn of the twentieth century could be interpreted in a variety of ways, including truth to purpose, symbolist or ideal truth, and ethical notions of authenticity. Drawing on newly uncovered archival materials, Topp offers a new interpretation of familiar buildings, demonstrating how they encompass utopianism, hyper-rationality, and subjectivism. She also explores the relationship between Viennese modern architecture and contemporary painting, psychiatry, fashion, labor issues, and anti-Semitic politics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521822750
• ISBN13: 9780521822756
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.1"