Facing the modern : the portrait in Vienna 1900
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Facing the modern : the portrait in Vienna 1900
National Gallery Company , Distributed by Yale University Press, 2013
- : HB
Available at 6 libraries
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Catalogue of an exhibition, held at the National Gallery, London, on 9 Oct. 2013-12 Jan., 2014
Other contributors: Julie M. Johnson, Doris H. Lehmann, Elana Shapira, Sabine Wieber
Bibliography: p. 204-207
Biographies: p. 208-210
Includes index
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Description
An engaging look at how the middle classes of fin-de-siecleVienna used innovative portraiture to define their identity
During the great flourishing of modern art in fin-de-siecleVienna, artists of that city focused on images of individuals. Their portraits depict artists, patrons, families, friends, intellectual allies, and society celebrities from the upwardly mobile middle classes. Viewed as a whole, the images allow us to reconstruct the subjects' shifting identities as the Austro-Hungarian Empire underwent dramatic political changes, from the 1867 Ausgleich (Compromise) to the end of World War I. This is viewed as a time when the avant-garde overthrew the academy, yet Facing the Modern tells a more complex story of the time through thought-provoking texts by numerous leading art historians. Their writings examine paintings by innovative artists such as Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele alongside earlier works, blurring the conventionally-held distinctions between 19th-century and early-20th-century art, and revealing surprising continuities in the production and consumption of portraits. This compelling book features works not only by famous names but also by lesser-known female and Jewish artists, giving a more complete picture of the time.
Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The National Gallery, London
(10/09/13-01/12/14)
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