Framing Formalism: Riegl's Work

Alois Riegl (1858-1905) was one of the founding fathers of modern formalist criticism. As a member of the Vienna School of Art Historians, he shared their range of interests in the decorative arts, art in transition, conservation and monuments. In addition to offering the first structuralist account of the history of art Riegl also created a formalist approach to the history of ornament, one unmatched until Gombrich's publication of The Sense of Order.

These critical essays examine various facets of Riegl's work. They open with a new translation of Hans Sedlmayr's famous, and notorious, Die Quintessenze der Lehren Riegls. Included is Julius von Schlosser's assessment of Riegl's contribution to the Vienna School of Art Historians as well as essays by a team of international scholars. This book offers a re-engagement with the ideas of one of the most important and neglected art historians of the 20th century.

Introduction to the Series

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Introduction -- Alois Riegl: History's Deposition

1

(10)

Saul Ostrow

The Quintessence of Riegl's Thought

11

(22)

Hans Sedlmayr

Alois Riegl

33

(16)

Julius von Schlosser

Reading Riegl's Kunst-Industrie

49

(34)

Richard Woodfield

Space, Grace, and Stylistic Conformity: Spatromische Kunstindustrie, and Architecture

83

(24)

Andrew Ballantyne

Problems of Style: Riegl's Problematic Foundations

107

(28)

Joaquin Lorda

Alois Riegl: Volkskunst, Hausfleiss, und Hausindustrie

135

(16)

Stefan Muthesius

The Vital Skin: Riegl, The Maori, and Loos

151

(32)

Joseph Masheck

The Reception and First Criticism of Alois Riegl in the Czech Protection of Historical Monuments

183

(12)

Ivo Hlobil

Riegl and the Family Portrait, or How to Deal with a Genre or Group of Art

195

(24)

Frauke Laarman

I've Got You Under My Skin: Rembrandt, Riegl, and the Will of Art History

219

(46)

Benjamin Binstock

Subjectivity and Modernism: Riegl and the Rediscovery of the Baroque

265

(26)

Matthew Rampley

Works That Have Lasted...Walter Benjamin Reading Alois Riegl

291

(20)

Giles Peaker

Commentary

311

(4)

Richard Woodfield

Contributors

315

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