Problems of Style
Written at the height of the arts and crafts movement in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Alois Riegl''s Stilfragen represented a turning point in defining art and understanding the sources of its inspiration. Demonstrating an uninterrupted continunity in the history of ornament from the ancient Egyptian through the Islamic period, Riegl argued that the creative urge manifests itself in both "great art" and ...
Written at the height of the arts and crafts movement in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Alois Riegl''s Stilfragen represented a turning point in defining art and understanding the sources of its inspiration. Demonstrating an uninterrupted continunity in the history of ornament from the ancient Egyptian through the Islamic period, Riegl argued that the creative urge manifests itself in both "great art" and ...
