At the mention of Vienna, many visitors think of Sachertorte, romantic open carriage trips & an evening inone of local wine taverns. But the old imperial city has much more to offer
- The Essence of Culture: Vienna presents a comprehensive, richly illustrated view of the art treasures to be found in the Danube metropolis. The main focus is on the baroque era with its magnificent church buildings & palaces including the Hofburg, Schonbrunn & Belvedere; historicism with its architectural highlights on the new Ringstrasse; & Viennese art nouveau including artists Gustav Klimt & Oskar Kokoschka, the Wiener Werkstatte und Sezession. Well-founded essays on the beginnings of the history of art in Vienna & on the state of contemporary Viennese art round off the book.