Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918 : the world in female form /
Néret, Gilles.
Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918 : the world in female form / Klimt World in female form Gilles Néret ; [translation, Charity Scott Stokes]. - Köln : Taschen, ©2011. - 96 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Originally published in 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96).
Vienna between Reality and Illusion -- Secessionist Symbolism and Femmes Fatales -- The Hymn to Joy and the Beethoven Frieze -- The Exotic Mosaics of the Villa Stoclet -- The Magic Kaleidoscope -- All Art is Erotic -- Gustav Klimat 1862-1918: Life and Work -- List of Plates -- Notes.
Gustav Klimt's ornate art expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna's upper middle-class society around the turn of the 20th century - a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure. This book is a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work.
9783836531429 3836531429
2013474484
Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 --Criticism and interpretation.
Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 --Themes, motives.
Women in art.
N6811.5.K55 / N4713 2011
Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918 : the world in female form / Klimt World in female form Gilles Néret ; [translation, Charity Scott Stokes]. - Köln : Taschen, ©2011. - 96 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Originally published in 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96).
Vienna between Reality and Illusion -- Secessionist Symbolism and Femmes Fatales -- The Hymn to Joy and the Beethoven Frieze -- The Exotic Mosaics of the Villa Stoclet -- The Magic Kaleidoscope -- All Art is Erotic -- Gustav Klimat 1862-1918: Life and Work -- List of Plates -- Notes.
Gustav Klimt's ornate art expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna's upper middle-class society around the turn of the 20th century - a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure. This book is a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work.
9783836531429 3836531429
2013474484
Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 --Criticism and interpretation.
Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 --Themes, motives.
Women in art.
N6811.5.K55 / N4713 2011