Books in English on Art and Architecture

Friedensreich Hundertwasser / ed. by Paco Asensio; photogr. by J. Harel. - Barcelona: LOFT, 2003. - 79, [1] p.: ill.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser. ed. by Paco Asensio Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000), who studied at the Fine Arts Schoo! of Vienna, is above ail an artist who has real­ized his constructions in paint­ing as welf as architecture. The desire for a natural space in which to live fed him to experi­ment with forms and colors that would recreate a childlike world of dreams. But his theoretical proposals and manifests go even further than his actual creations: in these, he defend­ed such innovative ideas as the rooftop covered in vegetation, the right to a window, and the creativity of every inhabitant. His ideals were given form in impor­tant pieces such as the Kunst-HausWien, the Church of St. Barbara, and the Hundertwasser House. A fresh new series about the masters of classical architecture Each volume in this eminently attractive series highlights the work of a renowned architect of the past centuries Packed with dazzling photographs of exteriors and interiors, detailed plans and brief, comprehensive texts