Crisis and Correspondence: Style in the Nineteenth Century

In his manifesto 'Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft' (1850), Richard Wagner characterised the nineteenth century as a time of crisis. Echoing Saint-Simon, he defined this crisis as a discrepancy between the spirit of the age and the actual, historical conditions. Evoking some of the most potent co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mari Hvattum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2013-10-01
Series:Architectural Histories
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Online Access:http://journal.eahn.org/articles/38