Theorist
Alois Riegl
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Details
- Nationality
- Austrian
Connections
- authored Der moderne Denkmalkultus
- authored Stilfragen: Grundlegungen zu einer Geschichte der Ornamentik
- proposed Kunstwollen (Will to Art)
- associated with Vienna School of Art History
- proposed Riegl's value-system for monuments
- critiqued Gottfried Semper
- influenced Wilhelm Worringer
Sources
- Riegl, Alois. Der moderne Denkmalkultus. W. Braumüller, 1903.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Alois Riegl." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/alois-riegl/. Accessed September 1, 2026.