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Gustav Klimt

By Patrick; Klimt , Gustav , Bade

Book information

Publisher
Parkstone International
Year
2004
ISBN
9781780424453, 1780424450
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (23818425 bytes)
Series
Perfect Square
Pages
80\82
Time added
2015-05-01 00:42:01

Description

Gustav Klimt was born in Austria in 1862 and spent his working life in Vienna, a city whose artistic chaos made it an extraordinary place to live. In his early career he received a public commission to paint a series of frescos, and received the "Gold Cross for Artistic Merit" for his Burgtheater murals. However, his name is most enduringly linked to the Viennese Secession. This revolutionary movement separated itself definitively from public, academic art. The atmosphere of Klimt's Nuda Veritas could be likened to the slow languor of Strauss's operas or to the theatre productions of Schnitzle.  Read more...

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