Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, simmered with radical artistic and intellectual innovation at the turn-of-the-twentieth-century. Join art historian Rebecca Houze for a lecture and slideshow exploring the connections between the worlds of modern art and fashion design during the period. Artists whose work will be discussed include Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, among others.

Rebecca Houze is Associate Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University. She edited The Design History Reader and is currently working on a book entitled Principles of Dress: Nationalism, Imperialism, and Modern Design in Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918.