Wiener Moderne

Looshaus in Vienna, constructed by Adolf Loos, 1909
Cashier's Hall of the Postal Savings Bank Postsparkasse in Vienna, designed by Otto Wagner, 1906
Portrait der Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt, 1907

The Wiener Moderne (German pronunciation: [vinɛʁ mɔˈdɛʁnə]) or Viennese Modernism is a term describing the culture of Vienna in the period between approximately 1890 and 1910. It refers especially to the development of modernism in the Austrian capital and its effect on the spheres of philosophy, literature, music, art, design and architecture.


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