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Das Andere | The Other

by Adolf Loos
language: english
Publisher: LARS MULLER PUBLISHERS, June of 2016 ‧
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In 1903, Adolf Loos, one of the sharpest and most influential architects and critics of the twentieth century, edited the astonishing journal Das Andere (The Other), subtitled A Journal for the Introduction of Western Culture into Austria. Only two issues were published of what is today considered one of the most important documents of modernity - a radical, at times shocking statement in which nothing was off limits, from fashion to masturbation.

The journal, a manual for modern life, was entirely written by Loos and born out of his aversion to the hypocrisy and superficial aestheticization of life in Austria, which he saw embodied by the Secession movement and the Wiener Werkstätte. As a counterbalance, Das Andere proclaimed Loos’s admiration for the fashion and culture of England and America. He scrutinizes every element of contemporary life with an acerbic wit.

This facsimile edition allows today’s readers to discover Loos’s little magazine anew, which takes us directly to the heart of his polemical position. It is accompanied by a commentary and the English translation. Beatriz Colomina supplements the facsimile with an extensive critical introduction.

Das Andere | The Other

by Adolf Loos

Property Description
ISBN: 9783037784815
Publisher: LARS MULLER PUBLISHERS
Release Date: June of 2016
Language: English
Dimensions: 215 x 244 x 6 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 80
Format: Book
Collection: Poster Collection
Categories: Books in English > Art > Architecture
Books in English > Art > Other Arts
EAN: 9783037784815

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adolf Loos

Adolf Loos, aquiteto vienense, nasceu em Brno, na Morávia, em 1870. Estudou arquitetura na Alemanha, tendo partido em1892 para os Estados Unidos, país que o marcará profundamente. Em 1896, regressa a Viena, onde abre um atelier e funda a sua própria Escola de Arquitetura. Influência decisiva para nomes como Le Corbusier, morre em 1933.

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