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Gustav Klimt

By Patrick Bade , Jane Rogoyska

Book information

Publisher
Parkstone International
Year
2011
ISBN
9781780427294, 9781783101832
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (8753031 bytes)
Series
Best of
Pages
0\0
Time added
2019-02-23 12:12:08

Description

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), was one of the most influential artists at the end of the 19th century and was the founder of the Viennese Secession movement. He used the movement to express his criticism of traditional art, which was characterised by its opposition to change and the refusal to countenance a certain vision of Modernism. Klimt took his inspiration from the slow but unstoppable decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the multitude of cultures from which it was composed. Klimt was an artist of great eroticism and sensuality and together with Kokoschka and Schiele, he is one of the great masters of Expressionism. This book brings together Klimt's finest paintings, along with a text that demonstrates the extraordinary eclecticism of this great artist.

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