Gustav Klimt : the complete paintings

Author(s)

• Klimt, Gustav
• Natter, Günter
• Taschen, Benedikt

Bibliographic Information

Gustav Klimt : the complete paintings

Tobias G. Natter (ed.) ; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen

Taschen, c2012

Note

Bibliography: p. 650-655

Includes index

In container (46 cm.)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

During his lifetime, Gustav Klimt was a controversial star whose works made passions run high. He stood for Modernism but he also embodied tradition. His pictures polarized and divided the art-loving world. The press and general public alike were split over the question: For or against Klimt? This monograph explores Klimt's oeuvre with particular emphasis upon such contemporary voices. With a complete catalogue of his paintings, including new photographs of the Stoclet Frieze commissioned exclusively for this book, it examines the reactions to Klimt's work throughout his career. Subjects range from Klimt's portrayal of women to his adoption of landscape painting. The theory that Klimt was a man of few words who rarely put pen to paper is also dispelled with the inclusion of 179 letters, cards, writings, and other documents from the artist.Contributing authors: Evelyn Benesch, Marian Bisanz-Prakken, Rainald Franz, Anette Freytag, Christoph Grunenberg, Hansjoerg Krug, Susanna Partsch, Angelina Poetschner, and Michaela Reichel

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB10731717
• ISBN:
  • 9783836527958
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cologne
• Pages/Volumes: 659 p., [2] folded leaves of plates
• Size: 41 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • FREE : Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918
  • LCSH : Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 -- Catalogues raisonnés
  • LCSH : Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Artists -- Austria -- Biography
  • LCSH : Painting -- Europe -- 19th century