Facing the Modern - The Portrait in Vienna 1900 (Hardcover)

An engaging look at how the middle classes of fin-de-siecleVienna used innovative portraiture to define their identity During the great flourishing of modern art in fin-de-siecleVienna, artists of that city focused on images of individuals. Their portraits depict artists, patrons, families, friends, intellectual allies, and society celebrities from the upwardly mobile middle classes. Viewed as a whole, the images allow us to reconstruct the subjects' shifting identities as the Austro-Hungarian Empire underwent dramatic political changes, from the 1867 Ausgleich (Compromise) to the end of World War I. This is viewed as a time when the avant-garde overthrew the academy, yet Facing the Modern tells a more complex story of the time through thought-provoking texts by numerous leading art historians. Their writings examine paintings by innovative artists such as Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele alongside earlier works, blurring the conventionally-held distinctions between 19th-century and early-20th-century art, and revealing surprising continuities in the production and consumption of portraits. This compelling book features works not only by famous names but also by lesser-known female and Jewish artists, giving a more complete picture of the time. Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The National Gallery, London (10/09/13-01/12/14)

General

Imprint:	National Gallery Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	Gemma Blackshaw
Foreword by:	Edmund De Waal
Contributors:	Tag Gronberg • Julie Johnson • Doris Lehmann • Elana Shapira • Sabine Wieber • Mary Costello
Dimensions:	292 x 216 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-85709-561-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > Portraits in art
LSN:	1-85709-561-8
Barcode:	9781857095616

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