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Gustav Klimt - Complete Paintings (Hardcover)
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Gustav Klimt - Complete Paintings (Hardcover)
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Defining Decadence The legacy of Gustav Klimt A century after his
death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with
his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic
experimentation. This monograph gathers all of Klimt's major works
alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged
access to the artist's archive with some 179 letters, cards,
writings, and other documents. With top quality illustration,
including new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, the
book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the Secessionist
movement of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his
lustrous "golden phase" when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone
and texture to such beloved works as The Kiss and Portrait of Adele
Bloch-Bauer I, also known as The Woman in Gold. Through luminous
spreads and carefully curated details, the monograph traces the
repertoire of Japanese, Byzantine, and allegorical stimuli that
informed Klimt's flattened perspectives, his symbolic vocabulary,
and his mosaic-like textures. Drawing upon contemporary critics and
voices, the book also examines the art world's polarized reception
to Klimt's pictures as much as his own stylistic trajectory. From
his landscape painting to erotic works to the controversial ceiling
for the Great Hall of the University of Vienna, we see how Klimt's
admixture of tradition and daring divided the press and public,
becried by some as a pornographer, hailed by others as a modern
maestro.
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