{"product_id":"hundertwasser-pierre-restany-9783836564212","title":"Hundertwasser","description":"\u003cp\u003eVivid color, organic forms, and a loathing of straight lines were just a few stalwart characteristics in the unique practice of \u003cstrong\u003eFriedensreich Hundertwasser\u003c\/strong\u003e (1928-2000). A \u003cstrong\u003enon-conformist hero\u003c\/strong\u003e, the artist, architect, and activist left a blazing trail of imagination and ideas in \u003cstrong\u003ebuildings, paintings, manifestos, initiatives\u003c\/strong\u003e, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hundertwasser's best-known work is considered by many to be the \u003cstrong\u003eHundertwasserhaus in Vienna\u003c\/strong\u003e, a structural synthesis of the vitality and uniqueness that determined the artist's entire oeuvre. For Hundertwasser, rational, sterile, monotonous buildings caused human misery. He called for \u003cstrong\u003ea boycott of the modernist paradigm\u003c\/strong\u003e championed by the likes of Adolf Loos, and campaigned instead for an \u003cstrong\u003earchitecture of creative freedom and ecological commitment\u003c\/strong\u003e. A fierce opponent of straight lines, which he called \"godless and immoral,\" Hundertwasser was fascinated by the spiral, drawing also on the Secessionist forms of Klimt and Schiele.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This richly illustrated book traces Hundertwasser's\u003cstrong\u003e style and vision not only for each building, but for society at large\u003c\/strong\u003e. From \u003cstrong\u003enaked addresses \u003c\/strong\u003eat the end of the 1960s to worldwide architecture projects and \u003cstrong\u003ealternative blueprints \u003c\/strong\u003efor society, author Pierre Restany explores Hundertwasser's most high-profile and innovative ideas in a thrilling introduction to a pioneering 20th-century mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pierre Restany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3836564211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783836564212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Taschen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 8.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Pierre Restany","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056848826623,"sku":"9783836564212","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42930cee-2cf5-4be5-b5c8-9831b9588a23.jpg?v=1685043597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hundertwasser-pierre-restany-9783836564212","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}