Taschen Adolf Loos 8

Taschen Adolf Loos 8An early, impassioned advocate of modernism, he all out rejected the grand Secessionist aesthetic prevalent at the time, as well as any hallmarks of the European fin de sicle. Instead, in lectures and essays, such as the milestone Ornament and Crime of 1908, Loos articulated his passion for smooth and precious surfaces. He advocated that architectural ornamentation was, by its nature, ephemerallocked into current trends and styles, and therefore

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75 inches / 17

Taken over the course of an epic eight-year expedition

bursting onto a scene dominated by Abstract Expressionism in late 1950s New York and defining a new art vocabulary for a new era

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Johannes Vermeer is credited with prompting a New York Times best seller and record attendances at art institutions around the world

which killed two of its leading artists