Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Emily Braun
Second Advisor
Howard Singerman
Academic Program Adviser
Antonella Pelizzari
Abstract
My thesis examines the vital roles of ornament in Vienna Secession’s Beethoven Exhibition (1902), the embodiment of Gesamtkunstwerk and artistic freedom. Gustav Klimt and Joseph Maria Olbrich evoked various senses, alluded to Apollonian and Dionysian aspects of artistic creation, and celebrated its evolution and freedom, inspired by Alois Riegl.
Recommended Citation
Jenkins, Chika, "Ornament and the Vienna Secession: A Study of the 1902 Beethoven Exhibition" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/459