josef maria gustav hoffmann
josef hoffmann was an austrian-moravian architect and designer. he was among the founders of vienna secession and co-establisher of the wiener werkstätte. his most famous architectural work is the stoclet palace, in brussels, (1905–1911) a pioneering work of modern architecture, art deco and peak of vienna secession architecture.
The Subject Atlas
A chart of josef maria gustav hoffmann's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.