Vienna. Art & Architecture

Vienna is different ? or is it? In no other European city do national and cultual contradictions clash like they do in the capital o f the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Nowhere else was or is the importance of the ?genius loci? as pronounced as it is in Vienna... Each volume of the Art & Architecture series is opulently illustrated. The highly readable texts give you concentrated information o n accessing well-known and less known sites in the world of art. An image of every piece of art that is described is included, allow ing readers to easily recognize the original on-site. Insets on cultural-historical topics and illustrated glossaries, summaries, an d timelines supplement the body text ? leaving a deeper, more lasting impression of the material that is covered.

• author: Rolf Toman