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Ornament and crime : selected essays / Adolf Loos ; selected and with an introduction by Adolf Opel ; translated by Michael Mitchell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought. Translation series.Publication details: Riverside, Calif. : Ariadne Press, c1998.Description: 204 p. : port. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1572410469
Uniform titles:
  • Ornament und Verbrechen. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.4 L863o 21
LOC classification:
  • NK925 .L6613 1998
Contents:
Introduction / Adolf Opel -- 1. Our School of Applied Art -- 2. The Christmas Exhibition in the Austrian Museum -- 3. The Jubilee Exhibition: The Exhibition Buildings -- 4. The Silver Court and Neighboring Pavilion -- 5. Men's Fashion -- 6. The New Style and the Bronze Industry -- 7. Interior Design: Prelude -- 8. The Interiors in the Rotunda -- 9. Chairs -- 10. Glass and China -- 11. Luxury Carriages -- 12. Plumbers: Baths and Kitchen Ranges -- 13. Gentlemen's Hats -- 14. Footwear -- 15. Shoemakers -- 16. Ladies' Fashion -- 17. Underwear -- 18. Furniture -- 19. The Furniture of 1898 -- 20. Printers -- 21. A Review of the Applied Arts I -- 22. A Review of the Applied Arts II -- 23. The English Schools in the Austrian Museum -- 24. Pottery -- 25. Surplus to Requirements -- 26. In Praise of the Present -- 27. Culture -- 28. Cultural Degeneration -- 29. Ornament and Crime -- 30. Brief Intermezzo -- 31. Beethoven's Ears -- 32. Hands Off! --
33. Ornament and Education -- 34. Short Hair -- 35. Oscar Kokoschka -- 36. On Josef Hofmann -- 37. Chronology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

33. Ornament and Education -- 34. Short Hair -- 35. Oscar Kokoschka -- 36. On Josef Hofmann -- 37. Chronology.

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