This book will introduce you to the art of Vienna in 1900. It was at the turn of the century that masterpieces such as Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, Egon Schiele's self-portrait with physalis, Am Steinhof's first Art Nouveau church and Joseph Hoffman's square armchair were created in Vienna. The connection between the political problems of the decline of Austria-Hungary, Vienna's culture of pleasure and secret vices that have a vivid continuation in contemporary art in Austria. You will see how these Austrian artists have expanded the traditional concept of art.