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Guide animals from the ver sacrum and their legends may explain the use of animal insignia by the Roman army. [13] Gaius Marius was the first to adopt the eagle in all the signa militaria; previously the eagle had been the first and highest of the signa. Others in use were the wolf, the Minotaur, the horse and the boar. [14]
Ver Sacrum (meaning "Sacred Spring" in Latin) was the official magazine of the Vienna Secession. Founded by Gustav Klimt and Max Kurzweil , [ 1 ] it was published from 1898 to 1903, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] featuring drawings and designs in the Secession style along with literary contributions from distinguished writers from across Europe.
The Vienna Secession (German: Wiener Secession; also known as the Union of Austrian Artists or Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs) is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and architects, including Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner and Gustav Klimt. [1]
Moser was the lead designer for Austria's leading art journal Ver Sacrum (‘Sacred Spring’ in Latin), the official magazine of the Vienna Secession from 1898 to 1903. This art journal paid great attention to art and design and was managed mainly by Moser, Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann.
Bronze Bull from the Ver Sacrum. The Ver Sacrum, or Sacred Spring, was a ritual practiced by both ancient Italic civilizations and Romans. In a Ver Sacrum all the offspring of plants and animals were declared property of the gods. Human offspring would be exiled from their homeland once they reached adulthood.
Palace of Art, also known as "Secession", of the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts, in Krakow Old Town. Young Poland (Polish: Młoda Polska) was a modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature and music, covering roughly the years between 1890 and 1918 during Austria-Hungary.
In 1898, he married Friederike and opened a studio in Wochien. That same year, he designed the façade for a house his brother Hermann (a doctor) was building in Sankt Pölten; now preserved as the Stöhr-Haus. Later, he bought his own printing press to experiment with printing techniques. The 12th issue of Ver Sacrum was entirely his work. [1]
He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, [1] sitting on its working committee in 1898, [2] and publishing work in the magazine Ver Sacrum, but left the group in 1905. He then took part in the founding of the Klosterneuburger Künstlerbund, and provided support to Egon Schiele.