The work of Alois Riegl (1858-1905) has been highly influential in art history of the modern age. Riegl, the most important member of the so-called Vienna School, developed a refined technique of vis
The field of art history was and is heavily influenced by the thinker Alois Riegl and a new translation of one of his books is a welcome event. This volume makes available in English for the first tim
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. De