In the temple of the self
Subtitle: the artist's residence as a total work of art : Europe und America 1800-1948
By: edited by Margot Th. Brandlhuber and Michael Buhrs ; translations, Nathaniel McBride and three others
Contributors: McBride, Nathaniel, translator; Brandlhuber, Margot, editor; Buhrs, Michael, editor
Edition: English edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9783775735933
Subjects: Interior decoration; Homes and haunts; Artists
Description: As treasure troves of creativity, the homes of artists reflect the intellectual worlds of their creators. Starting with the Villa Stuck in Munich--the aesthetic, conceptual cosmos and life's work of the aristocratic artist Franz von Stuck--this volume integrates the artist's house as a category into the international context and is the first to assign these buildings the status of major works. About twenty examples bring to life the fascination that these artistic fantasies hold for art lovers, including both existing projects and some which, although they have been lost, were of unique importance in their day and still retain their charisma. Along with paintings, sculptures, and photographs closely related to the houses, plans and models convey the correlation between art and life as well as the kind of harmony of the arts expressed in Richard Wagner's historical concept of the total work of art.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, November 21, 2013-March 2, 2014.
Table of contents: title: Foreward / -- Michael Buhrs; title: Introduction: on the longing for individuality and wholeness  -- Margot Th. Brandlhuber; title: Artists' residences since the Renaissance 1470-1830  -- Hubertus Günther; title: Ideals and life: artists' residences during the age of Neoclassicism 1770-1830  -- Hans Ottomeyer; title: Sir John Soane  -- Helen Dorey; title: William Morris  -- Julius Bryant; title: Frederic, Lord Leighton  -- Daniel Robbins; title: Frederic Edwin Church  -- Evelyn D. Trebilcock; title: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema  -- Elizabeth Prettejohn; title: Louis Comfort Tiffany  -- Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen; title: Claude Monet  -- Ségolène Le Men; title: Mortimer Menpes  -- Barbara Bryant; title: Gustave Moreau  -- Marie-Cécile Forest; title: Franz von Stuck  -- Margot Th. Brandlhuber; title: Giovanni Segantini  -- Beat Stutzer; title: Victor Horta  -- Françoise Aubry; title: Fernand Khnopff  -- Michel Draguet; title: Johann Michael and Jutta Bossard  -- Gudula Mayr; title: Kurt Schwitters  -- Isabel Schulz; title: Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov  -- Jean-Louis Cohen; title: Theo can Doesburg  -- Matthias Noell; title: Jacques Majorelle  -- Félix Marcilhac; title: Georgia O'Keeffe  -- Carolyn Kastner; title: Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning -- Ludger Derenthal.