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Austria


Official NameRepublic of Austria
Political Statussovereign state
CapitalVienna
LanguageAustrian German, Hungarian, Slovene, Burgenland Croatian
CurrencyEuro (€/EUR)
Governmentfederal semi-presidential republic (de jure), federal parliamentary republic (de facto)

-15C: Medieval

  • MASTER OF THE VIENNA SCHOTTENSTIFT
    • Schottenstift Altarpiece (1470)
  • PACHER Michael
    • St. Wolfgang Altarpiece (1471)

16C: Renaissance

  • ALTDORFER Albrecht
    • The Battle of Alexander at Issus (1529)
  • HUBER Wolfgang
    • Landscape with Castle (1520)

17C-18C: Baroque

  • GRAN Daniel
    • Frescoes of the Austrian National Library (1730)
  • MAULBERTSCH Franz Anton
    • Ceiling frescoes at SĂĽmeg Church (1757)
  • ROTTMAYR Johann Michael
    • Frescoes of Karlskirche (1730)
  • TROGER Paul
    • Ceiling frescoes at Melk Abbey (1732)

19C: Biedermeier / Historicism

  • AMERLING Friedrich von
    • Portrait of Princess Maria Franziska (1834)
  • MAKART Hans
    • The Entry of Charles V into Antwerp (1878)
  • WALDMĂśLLER Ferdinand Georg
    • The Expected One (1860)

19C-20C: Secession / Expressionism

  • KLIMT Gustav
    • The Kiss (1908)
    • Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907)
  • KOKOSCHKA Oskar
    • The Bride of the Wind (1914)
  • MOSER Koloman
    • Designs for the Vienna Secession (1900)
  • SCHIELE Egon
    • Self-Portrait with Physalis (1912)
    • Death and the Maiden (1915)

20C: Modern / Contemporary

  • BOECKL Herbert
    • The Red Angel (1946)
  • EXPORT VALIE
    • Tap and Touch Cinema (1968)
  • RAINER Arnulf
    • Overpaintings (1950)
  • WEST Franz
    • Adaptives (1970)

17C-18C: Baroque

  • BIBER Heinrich Ignaz Franz
    • Rosary Sonatas (1676)
  • FUX Johann Joseph
    • Gradus ad Parnassum (1725)

18C: Classical

  • HAYDN Joseph
    • The Creation (1798)
    • Symphony No. 94 “Surprise” (1791)
  • MOZART Wolfgang Amadeus
    • The Marriage of Figaro (1786)
    • Don Giovanni (1787)
    • Requiem (1791)

18C-19C: Late Classical → Early Romantic

  • BEETHOVEN Ludwig van
    • Symphony No. 5 (1808)
    • Symphony No. 9 (1824)

19C: Romantic

  • BRUCKNER Anton
    • Symphony No. 4 “Romantic” (1874)
  • SCHUBERT Franz
    • Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” (1822)
    • Winterreise (1827)
  • STRAUSS II Johann
    • The Blue Danube (1867)
    • Die Fledermaus (1874)

19C-20C: Late Romantic → Early Modern

  • MAHLER Gustav
    • Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (1894)
    • Symphony No. 5 (1902)
  • WOLF Hugo
    • Mörike-Lieder (1888)

20C: Modernism

  • BERG Alban
    • Wozzeck (1925)
  • SCHOENBERG Arnold
    • Pierrot Lunaire (1912)
  • WEBERN Anton
    • Symphony, Op. 21 (1928)

17C-18C: Early Modern

  • SONNENFELS Joseph von
    • On the Abolition of Torture (1775)
    • Principles of Police, Commerce and Finance (1765)

19C: Enlightenment Legacy → Realism

  • BRENTANO Franz
    • Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (1874)
    • On the Origin of Our Knowledge of Right and Wrong (1889)
  • GRILLPARZER Franz
    • King Ottokar’s Fortune and End (1825)
    • The Golden Fleece (1821)
  • STIFTER Adalbert
    • Indian Summer (1857)
    • Rock Crystal (1845)

19C-20C: Fin-de-Siècle / Vienna Modernism

  • FREUD Sigmund
    • The Interpretation of Dreams (1899)
    • The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901)
    • Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905)
    • Civilization and Its Discontents (1930)
  • HOFMANNSTHAL Hugo von
    • The Lord Chandos Letter (1902)
    • Elektra (1903)
  • KRAUS Karl
    • The Last Days of Mankind (1918)
    • Pro Domo et Mundo (1912)
  • SCHNITZLER Arthur
    • Dream Story (1926)
    • Lieutenant Gustl (1900)
  • ZWEIG Stefan
    • Letter from an Unknown Woman (1922)
    • Amok (1922)
    • Beware of Pity (1939)

20C: Early–Mid (Modernism / Philosophy)

  • CANETTI Elias
    • Crowds and Power (1960)
    • Auto-da-FĂ© (1935)
  • MUSIL Robert
    • The Man Without Qualities (1930)
    • Young Törless (1906)
  • POPPER Karl
    • The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934)
    • The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945)
  • RILKE Rainer Maria
    • Letters to a Young Poet (1929)
  • WITTGENSTEIN Ludwig
    • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921)
    • Philosophical Investigations (1953)

20C: Late

  • BERNHARD Thomas
    • Extinction (1986)
    • Correction (1975)
    • Concrete (1982)
  • HANDKE Peter
    • The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1970)
    • A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (1972)
    • The Left-Handed Woman (1976)
  • JELINEK Elfriede
    • The Piano Teacher (1983)
    • Lust (1989)
    • The Children of the Dead (1995)

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