Vienna Secession

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/vienna-secession

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the artistic movement?Vienna Secession (Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs)
2. What is the founding year?1897
3. Why did the artists leave the Künstlerhaus?They felt the old style was too stuck in the past and wanted to make fresh, modern art.
4. What is special about the Secession Building?It has a shiny golden dome and simple clean lines, showing the new style and giving space for art shows.

Historicism: An artistic style that draws heavily on historical precedents and styles from the past.
Art Nouveau: An international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Modernism: A broad movement in Western art, architecture, and literature that rejected traditional forms and embraced experimentation and innovation.
Wiener Werkstätte: A production community of visual artists and architects established in Vienna in 1903, aiming to reform the applied arts.