Details

Subject(s)

• Art—Periodicals [Browse]
• Art, Modern—19th century—Periodicals [Browse]
• Art nouveau—Periodicals [Browse]

Related name

• Wiener Secession [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Lithographs [Browse]
• Woodcuts [Browse]
• Periodicals [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Periodicals [Browse]

Numbering peculiarities

• Some no. issued together.
• Issues for Aug. 1898 and Mar. 1898 lack volume numbering but constitute v. 1, no. 6 and v. 1, no. 3, respectively.

Frequency

Annual, v. 3-6

Former frequency

Monthly, v. 1-2

Linking notes

With 3. Jahrg. (1900) the magazine becomes the Mitteilungen der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Österreichs, retaining, however, the title Ver sacrum.

Summary note

"The finest Viennese Art Nouveau periodical, and one of the most elegant of all periodicals, was 'Ver sacrum', the organ of the Viennese Secession. It was not a record of decorative art and architecture but [was more] ... a miscellany of literature, illustration and graphic design. ... [it was] a periodical with a complex message of design, a publication which would be covetable for its own sake as well as for its contents. ... Only in a periodical like 'Ver sacrum', that exquisite product of the Viennese Secession, is [this ideal] fully realised. Here each issue has been thought out afresh. Cover design, Jugendstil borders and decorations, type-face, the fastidious colour, the placing of each lithograph or woodcut, all serve together in a daring unity of style. Refined aestheticism is a dangerous gane to play, but here it is kept under perfect control and results in a classic of periodical design."--Extracts from 'The Art Press : two centuries of art magazines' / edited by Trevor Fawcett and Clive Philpott (London : The Art Book Company, [1976].

Notes

• Imprint varies.
• Subtitle varies.
• Some issues lack dates.
• Princeton copy 2 2. Jahrgang: All issues bound together, in half binding with illustrated paper boards. Bound in are three original artworks from the 1898 Founders' edition. Wrappers for individual issues are lacking, but printed digital images of the covers are laid in.

Supplement note

Accompanied by Sonderheft issued in 1898 and Sonderheft (Kalender) issued in 1903.

Issuing body

"Zeitschrift der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Os̈terreichs."

Other title(s)

Mitteilungen der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Os̈terreichs 1900-1903

OCLC

64225906

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