Ornament and crime : selected essays /

Loos, Adolf, 1870-1933.

Ornament and crime : selected essays / Adolf Loos ; selected and with an introduction by Adolf Opel ; translated by Michael Mitchell. - Riverside, Calif. : Ariadne Press, c1998. - 204 p. : port. ; 22 cm. - Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought. Translation series . - Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought. Translation series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Our School of Applied Art -- The Christmas Exhibition in the Austrian Museum -- The Jubilee Exhibition: The Exhibition Buildings -- The Silver Court and Neighboring Pavilion -- Men's Fashion -- The New Style and the Bronze Industry -- Interior Design: Prelude -- The Interiors in the Rotunda -- Chairs -- Glass and China -- Luxury Carriages -- Plumbers: Baths and Kitchen Ranges -- Gentlemen's Hats -- Footwear -- Shoemakers -- Ladies' Fashion -- Underwear -- Furniture -- The Furniture of 1898 -- Printers -- A Review of the Applied Arts I -- A Review of the Applied Arts II -- The English Schools in the Austrian Museum -- Pottery -- Surplus to Requirements -- In Praise of the Present -- Culture -- Cultural Degeneration -- Ornament and Crime -- Brief Intermezzo -- Beethoven's Ears -- Hands Off! -- Adolf Opel -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Ornament and Education -- Short Hair -- Oscar Kokoschka -- On Josef Hofmann -- Chronology. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

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Decorative arts--History--Europe--19th century.
Decorative arts--History--Europe--20th century.
Aquitectura
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NK925 / .L6613 1998

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