Decoration and Decorum, Adolf Loos's Critique of Kitsch
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4070691 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miriam Gusevich (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Issue | 43 |
| Pages | 97 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/488400 |
| OpenAlex | W2320963489 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
functionalism: this reputation rests mainly on the widespread dissemination of his notorious and paradoxical essay, Ornament and Crime (1912).' In this essay, as commonly understood, Loos advocated an uncompromising anti-ornament position on functional grounds. His radical assertions became an article of faith among the post-World War I European avant-garde, who accepted his claims uncritically and somewhat naively, and incorporated the essay into the canon of the Modem Movement. Through the agency of the avant-garde, Loos's alleged anti-ornament position has had a profound impact on the shape and character of the world's major metropolises in the post-World
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy) · Art · Decorum · Epistemology · Faith · Hoax · Kitsch · Literature · Political science · Reputation · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2011 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |