Vienna

Masterpieces of Architectural Drawing

Dec 15 - Mar 11 2018       Albertinaplatz 1
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Be they Baroque vedutas, magnificent Renaissance buildings, or architectural ensembles like Vienna’s Ringstrasse: since time immemorial, it has been architectural drawings that artists have used both to document the urban and rural past and to envision the future. The presentation Masterpieces of Architectural Drawing provides new insights into this fascinating genre: a selection of around 120 highlights from the Albertina’s important collection of architecture-related works covers a period running from the Late Gothic and the Renaissance to the Baroque and Classicism, to Historicism and Art Nouveau, and continuing all the way to the architecture of the present day. World-famous drawings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Theophil Hansen, Adolf Loos, Hans Hollein, Zaha Hadid and many others reveal the essence and unique qualities of architectural sketches while also showing painters’ compositional takes on and naturalistic perceptions of buildings, architectural ensembles, and cities.

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Open 10:00-18:00, Wed, Fri 10:00-21:00. Dec 15 2017 - Mar 11 2018
Albertina
Albertinaplatz 1
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