2/3/09. The Ringstrasse & Architectural ModernismSocial Stratification in 19th-Century Vienna
Aristocratic Cultural Dominance until Latter Half of 19th Century: 
Viennese Social Hierarchy until 1860s:
  1st Society (1. Gesellschaft):   High Aristocracy (Hochadel) = noble before 18th century
                              Old Aristocracy (Altadel) = noble in/after 18th century
  2nd. Society (2. Gesellschaft):      New Nobility (Neuadel, Dienstadel, Jungadel: ranks of Freiherr von, Edler von) = those ennobled for service, financial significance, industrial importance —> many Jews in this category but they couldn’t receive heraldry and were subject to taxes and military service.
      Citizens (Bürgerschaft): imperial bureaucracy (uniforms, modeled behavior on aristocracy)
      Artisans, Petit Bourgeoisie (Spießbürger):  shopowners, tradespeople
      Servants/ Proletariat
Centricity  & Hierarchy of Values
Ringstrasse. Historicism & Modernism in Architecture
Bourgeois values did not evolve historically: Product of Catholic-Jewish Alliance against Military & Aristocracy
Flow
Ringstraße-Style

In-Class Writing Assignment:Based on your reading of Schorske, which model of city planning did you find better: Sitte’s or Wagner’s? Explain.You may also write on another aspect of this chapter that you found interesting.

Architectural Examples: