Alois Riegl in Vienna 1875-1905

Diana Reynolds Cordileone studied art history at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and completed her education at the University of California, San Diego. She is Professor of History at Point Loma Nazarene University, USA.

• Contents: Introduction; Part I Intellectual Foundations (1875-1885): Nietzsche as educator; Positivism as patriotism in Vienna; Manufacturing Austria. Part II Poetics and Politics of Art History (1885-1897): Stil-fragen, or, the multiple questions of style; Patriotism, piety and patrimony; The advantages and disadvantages of (art) history to life; Framing Austrian modernities. Part III Transformations (1897-1902): Riegl as educator; Affinity, attentiveness, and the historical Dionysian; A museum of his own; Dissolution as salvation; Conclusion: the Nietzschean palimpsest; Bibliography; Index.

'... impressive book ... makes some important methodological as well as historical points.' - Art Newspaper 'The strongest parts of the book are those in which she concentrates on historical details, drawing on careful archival research and an excellent knowledge of her sources, to provide an explanatory context for Riegl's essays and monographs.' - Austrian Studies'[An] accomplished new monograph.' - Oxford Art Journal