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Vienna Secession Building       The Secession building was constructed by Joseph Maria Olbrich and Josef Hoffman under the direction Gustav Klimt, 1898. At the time, Austria was resistant to the new waves of art spreading through Europe, and their repressive sentiments led to the outbreak of artists taking a stand for artistic freedom. The artists banded together to form the Vienna Secession. This building was their new exhibition center, and it was intended to be an architectural manifesto of their revolt against the art institutions of Vienna, in the name of artistic freedom. Although the building came under great scrutiny, many saw it as a temple-like structure and a sacred space where art can be free. Front Entrance Left side view       Olbrich was a student of Otto Wagner, a well known professor at the school of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He was a well versed in the design of Art-Nuevo, and com...

Austrian Postal Savings Bank, Otto Wagner, (Vienna, Austria); 1903 - 1912; Early 20th Century Pioneers Also known as K.K. Postsparkassenamt and Die Österreichische Postsparkasse, the Postal Savings Bank is often cited as architect Otto Wagner's most important work. In its design, Wagner accomplishes beauty with functional simplicity, setting the tone for modernism. British architect and historian Kenneth Frampton has described the exterior this way: "...  the Post Office Savings Bank resembles a gargantuan metal box, an effect due in no small measure to the thin polished sheets of white Sterzing marble that are anchored to its façade with aluminum rivets. Its glazed canopy frame, entrance doors, balustrade and parapet rail are also of aluminum, as are the metal furnishings of the banking hall itself. " — Kenneth Frampton The "modernism" of the architecture is Wagner's use of traditional stone materials (marble) held in place by new buildin...

Arch 162-M12 Spring 2018 The Secession Building in Vienna, Austria is an art gallery originally intended for Secession group. The Secession group consisted primarily of artist and a few architects. Originally the group was very small and consisted of seven people, they were known as club of seven. As they grew more tired of the major art galleries not giving them the opportunity to exhibit their work as it was seen too unpleasing to the eye. So here were these artists trying express their modernist and impressionist work but getting denied of having it publicly displayed. The Secession group formed shortly after a few incognito exhibitions among the artists and started to gain traction with other artists and architects. The leader of the group was Gustav Klimt as he was in his prime time it seemed like the correct position to assume. Klimt rose to fame as a decorator of buildings as well as his panel painting which won him the Emperors prize which brought a lot of attention to h...

The vienna secession The vienna secession was an art movement during 1897 by a group of Austrian artists who resigned from the AAA (Association of Austrian Artists). It is also the beginning of the modern art in Austria during that time Austria is known for their conservative traditional arts. Those artists who bravely left that association were the one thinking forwarded about the view of art.   Vienna was one of the capital from old Austria Hungary which was a region to different nationalities in Europe. The Empire of the Hungary remained undeveloped industrialization and also conservative political, culture, social and economic. Even though the empire has a lot of different metropolitans Vienna has been undisputed capital always.   Franz Joseph reminded in throne for 68 years till he died. But later on Vienna became home for a lot of artists due to the revolution movements. The goal of the Association of Austrian Artists were to explore their modern art with the...