{"product_id":"wiener-werkstatte-9783836519885","title":"Wiener Werkstätte","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gabriele Fahr-Becker | Angelika Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wiener Werkst�tte (\"Vienna Workshop\") bears many hallmarks of a modern creative movement. Founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Fritz Waerndorfer, this progressive alliance of artists and designers was particularly interested in \u003cstrong\u003echallenging industrialised society with individual handcraftsmanship\u003c\/strong\u003e, and in bringing different facets of life into one unified, elegant artwork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The workshop began life in three small rooms, but soon expanded to fill a three storey building with special departments for metalwork, leatherwork, and woodwork, as well as a book binder and a paint shop. Artists experimented with various materials such as gold, precious stones, and papier m�ch� and applied their simple, often geometric, designs across \u003cstrong\u003eceramics, textiles, typography, interior design, furniture, and fashion\u003c\/strong\u003e. In architectural commissions such as the \u003cstrong\u003ePurkersdorf Sanatorium \u003c\/strong\u003eand the\u003cstrong\u003e Palais Stoclet in Brussels\u003c\/strong\u003e, the group was able to realize its ideal of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGesamtkunstwerk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (\"total artwork\"), in which every detail of an environment was designed as an integral part of a coordinated whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Though the workshop lasted only 30 years, it enjoyed \u003cstrong\u003emajor commercial success, \u003c\/strong\u003e with outlets in Karlsbad, Marienbad, Zurich, New York, and Berlin. It also garnered designs from many of the leading artists of the epoch, including \u003cstrong\u003eGustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka\u003c\/strong\u003e, and\u003cstrong\u003e Egon Schiele\u003c\/strong\u003e. Today, the Vienna Workshop is recognized for its comprehensive approach to artistic practice and its stylistic influence on \u003cstrong\u003eArt Deco and Bauhaus\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46290052153495,"sku":"9783836519885","price":3894.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783836519885.webp?v=1767700958","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/wiener-werkstatte-9783836519885","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}