Masterworks of architectural drawing from the Albertina Museum
By: edited by Christian Benedik ; with a foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schröder and texts by Markus Kristan
Contributors: Graphische Sammlung Albertina
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9783791357218; 9783791368153
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Architectural drawing; Graphische Sammlung Albertina; Exhibitions
Other titles: Architectural drawing from the Albertina Museum
Description: The presentation Masterworks of architectural drawing provides new insights into this fascinating genre: a selection of around 120 highlights from the Albertina's important collection of architecture-related works covers a period running from the Late Gothic and the Renaissance to the Baroque and Classicism, to Historicism and Art Nouveau, and continuing all the way to the architecture of the present day. World-famous drawings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Theophil von Hansen, Adolf Loos, Frank Lloyd Wright, Clemens Holzmeister or Hans Hollein and many others reveal the essence and unique qualities of architectural sketches while also showing painters' compositional takes on and naturalistic perceptions of buildings, architectural ensembles, and cities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, 15 December 2017-25 February 2018 (part 1) and 22 June-30 September 2018 (part 2).