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vienna modernism , a celebration
9 days in vienna & budapest
april 22 ● 30, 2018
A
one-off 10-day tour to Vienna
and Budapest marking the 2018
centenary of the deaths of Gustav Klimt,
Egon Schiele, Koloman Moser and Otto
Wagner.
Escorted by Daniel Ciraldo; Jack Johnson
from the Miami Design Preservation
League and led by Dr. Brigitte
Timmermann.
Art will never be able to exist
without nature
~ Pierre Bonnard
T
he social and cultural roots of turn-of-the-
century art and design in these two capitals are
fascinating and illuminating, and an understanding
of the nationalistic and political undercurrents is
fascinating. But above all, this tour is a study of
an artistic phenomenon which is of astonishing
diversity, prolixity and, let it be said, exquisite beauty.
highlights
» Visits several special commemorative
exhibitions as well as permanent collections
and buildings.
» Intensive study of architecture, design, and
art of the Vienna Secession, Art Nouveau,
Arts & Crafts, Hungarian Eclecticism and early
Modernism.
» Study similarities and differences within
the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the context
of contrasting cultural developments and
nationalistic aspirations.
» Excellent restaurants featuring Viennese
and Hungarian specialties such as Tafelspitz,
and Goulash, plus an afternoon of tasting and
comparing the best Imperial Cakes in Vienna.
» Modern first class accommodations at the
heart of the pedestrian zone in Vienna and at
an Art Nouveau Historical Hotel in Budapest.
This tour features special arrangements – for
admission to places not generally open to
travelers, for access outside public hours, and
private concerts and other extraordinary events.
» Dr. Brigitte Timmermann, is a historian and a bottomless trove of
knowledge about Vienna Modernism and design. She specializes
in the culture of Central Europe during the last years of the Austro-
Hungarian Empire. Writer, broadcaster and lecturer, she graduated
from the University of Vienna and was among the first in the city to
offer themed walking seminars to complement the more general bus tours, thus
allowing visitors to enjoy lesser known sights. She is also internationally recognized
as the leading Vienna-based authority on the celebrated Graham Greene/Carol Reed
classic, The Third Man, the iconic Vienna movie shot in the war-torn city in 1948.