Klimt

TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!

Gustav Klimt`s art is thoroughly fin de siècle. It expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna`s upper-middle-class society — a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure. The ecstatic joy which Klimt (1862–1918) and his contemporaries found — or hoped to find — in beauty was constantly overshadowed by death, and death therefore plays an important role in Klimt`s art. Klimt`s fame, however, rests on his reputation as one of the greatest erotic painters and graphic artists of his times. Particularly his drawings, which have been widely admired for their artistic excellence, are dominated by the erotic portrayal of women. Klimt saw the world "in female form." Author Gottfried Fliedl also discusses the Secession movement and Klimt`s role within this important group of artists.

About the author:
After studying art history in Vienna and Marburg, Gottfried Fliedl accepted a lectureship at the Academy of Applied Art in Vienna, where he taught for 10 years before becoming a lecturer in museology at the Universities of Klagenfurt and Vienna.

Facts

Klimt

Fliedl, Gottfried
Hardcover 9.4 x 11.8 in., 240 pages, $ 14.99

ISBN: 978-3-8228-5016-9
Edition: English
Availability: Not in Stock

Events (1 items)

Exhibition
Gustav Klimt und die Kunstschau 1908
October 01, 2008 - January 18, 2009
Unteres Belvedere, Orangerie / Prunksaal, Rennweg 6, 1030 Wien, Tel.: + 43-1-79 557 0, Austria

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