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Problems of Style: Foundations for a History of Ornament by Alois Riegl (Hardcover, 2018)

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This new translation, which renders Riegl's seminal work in contemporary, readable prose, allows for a fresh reexamination of his thought in light of current revisionist debate. Author: Alois Riegl. This thinking laid the groundwork for his famous concept of Kunstwollen, or artistic intention.

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Written at the height of the arts and crafts movement in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Alois Riegl's Stilfragen represented a turning point in defining art and understanding the sources of its inspiration. Demonstrating an uninterrupted continunity in the history of ornament from the ancient Egyptian through the Islamic period, Riegl argued that the creati