Klimt
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Discover the shimmering and sensual oeuvre of Gustav Klimt, the Austrian symbolist painter who polarized the art world by combining decorative finesse with erotic thrill. From landscape paintings to glistening renderings of the female body, the founding member of the Vienna Secession continues to fascinate with his works of mosaic-like patterns, curvaceous forms, and radiant color.
The unfading popularity of Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) attests not only to the particular appeal of his luxuriant painting but also to the universal themes with which he worked: love, feminine beauty, aging, and death.
The son of a goldsmith, Klimt created surfaces of ornate and jewel-like luminosity which show the influence of both Egyptian and Japanese art. Through paintings, murals, and friezes, his work is defined by radiant color, fluid lines, floral elements, and mosaic-like patterning.
With subjects ranging from sensuality and desire to anxiety and despair, all this iridescence is also suffused with feeling. Klimt’s numerous images of women, characterized by curvaceous forms, tender flesh, red lips, and flushed cheeks, were particularly charged with passion, at a time when such frank eroticism was still taboo in Viennese upper-middle-class society.
This book presents a selection of Klimt’s work, introducing his pictorial world of decoration and desire, as well as his influence on artists to come.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 juli 2015
Aantal pagina's: 96
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Gilles Neret
Tweede Auteur: Gustav Klimit
Hoofduitgeverij: Taschen Gmbh
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 210 mm
Product hoogte: 14 mm
Product lengte: 260 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 212 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 50 mm
Verpakking lengte: 266 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 2347 g
EAN: 9783836558075