Vienna 1900 and the Heroes of Modernism

Vienna was home to some of the most extraordinary minds of modern times, and was a vigorous melting-pot of radical new ideas and concepts in every field art, architecture, literature, music, politics, journalism and theatre. Comprising 25 essays on the key movements and figures of the era, this profusely illustrated book is a highly readable portrait of this astonishing cultural ferment and its most important protagonists.