Néret, Gilles. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Originally published in 1993. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 96). 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783836531429 3836531429 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013474484 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 --Themes, motives.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in art.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N6811.5.K55  / N4713 2011