Title: Josef Hoffmann, the architectural work : monograph and catalogue of works /
Authors: Sekler, Eduard F.; Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria, 1870-1956.
Publisher: Princeton University Press,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria, Catalogues raisonnés.; Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria, Criticism and interpretation.; Wiener Werkstätte.; Architecture, Modern Austria.
Contents: Foreword -- I. Years of upbringing and education -- II. Artistic beginnings and models -- III. British models and the path toward simplicity and unity -- IV. Richness as artistic possibility -- V. The turn to classicism -- VI. Inspiration from the vernacular and the climax of the classicist phase -- VII. The climax of the decorative phase and the inspiration from Cubism and Expressionism -- VIII. Coming to terms with the modern movement and new architectural solutions in housing -- IX. The late work -- X. Hoffmann the man, the artist, and the teacher -- Descriptive catalogue -- Appendices.