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Klimt and the women of Vienna's golden age 1900-1918 /

This authoritative and generously illustrated book highlights Gustav Klimt's portrayals of women in his work. Klimt was a central figure in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, and a crucial link between nineteenth-century Symbolism and Modernism. His sensual portrayals of women are amo...

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Corporate Authors: Neue Galerie New York
Group Author: Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918.; Natter, Tobias G. Tobias Günter; Bisanz-Prakken, Marian, 1947; Braun, Emily, 1957; Kraus, Carl, 1959; Lloyd, Jill; Ploil, Ernst, 1946; Lauder, Ronald S; Price, Renée
Published: Prestel,
Publisher Address: Munich :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Klimt, Gustav, > 1862-1918 > Exhibitions
Klimt, Gustav, > 1862-1918 > Relations with women > Exhibitions
Klimt, Gustav, > 1862-1918 > Influence > Exhibitions
Wiener Werkstätte > Exhibitions
Women > Austria > Vienna > Portraits > Exhibitions
Women in art > Exhibitions
Art, Austrian > Austria > Vienna > 20th century > Exhibitions
Summary: This authoritative and generously illustrated book highlights Gustav Klimt's portrayals of women in his work. Klimt was a central figure in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, and a crucial link between nineteenth-century Symbolism and Modernism. His sensual portrayals of women are among his most celebrated works and the focus of this book.
Item Description: "This catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition Klimt and the women of Vienna's golden age: 1900-1918, Neue Galerie New York, September 22, 2016-January 16, 2017"--Page 6.
Carrier Form: 320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783791355825
3791355821
Index Number: N6811
CLC: J205.521-28
Call Number: J205.521-28/K653
Contents: The Viennese woman : a community of strength / Jill Lloyd -- Klimt and Szerena Lederer : identity and contradictory realities of great art / Tobias G. Natter -- Empire of ornament : Klimt's portrait of Elisabeth Lederer / Emily Braun -- Klimt's studies for Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I / Marian Bisanz-Prakken -- The portrait of Gertha Loew / Ernst Ploil -- Mäda Primavesi / Carl Kraus -- Paintings / texts by Tobias G. Natter -- Drawings -- Checklist -- Josef Hoffmann's and Koloman Moser's interior decoration : a larger framework for Klimt's portraits / Christian Witt-Dörring -- Furnitur

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