Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was known for his paintings of women--from classic portraits to erotic drawings. In this first survey of Klimt's approach to the female form, readers can view samples of his work and learn how fundamental changes in the social structure at the turn of the century raised women's status on ideological and cultural levels. 220 b&w, 133 color illustrations.
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Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was known for his paintings of women--from classic portraits to erotic drawings. In this first survey of Klimt's approach to the female form, readers can view samples of his work and learn how fundamental changes in the social structure at the turn of the century raised women's status on ideological and cultural levels. 220 b&w, 133 color illustrations.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Original publisher's illustrated laminated boards. A study of Gustav Klimt's approach to the female form. It includes a great number of his works depicting women, and it examines how fundamental changes in the social structure at the turn of the century led to new positions for women on both ideological and cultural levels. ISBN: 0300087969 Pages: 256 Fine in fine dust jacket.
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Very Good/Very Good. Folio-over 12"-15" tall 0300087969 The book has some two inch long creases on the lower right corner edges of pages 175 to 178, The jacket has some minor surface wear over the top and bottom corner edges. Due to the size and weight of this book, it cannot be shipped priority mail or outside the United States.
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Used-Very Good. Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) expressed a dedication to the theme of 'woman' throughout his life--in his early historical paintings, in allegorical depictions and erotic drawings, and in classic large female portraits. At the turn of the century, Klimt created a completely new type of picture with his sumptuously ornamented female portraits. This gorgeously illustrated book offers for the first time a survey of Klimt's approach to the female form. The volume includes a great number of his works depicting women, and it examines how fundamental changes in the social structure at the turn of the century led to new positions for women on both ideological and cultural levels. The contributors to the book discuss such topics as Vienna's cultural role in 1900, the importance of the affluent bourgeoisie, patronage, and the myth of 'Whole Art' (Gesamtkunstwerk). The book also illuminates Klimt's idiosyncratic treatment of the female in relation to her European background and sets his work against various interpretations of this theme in key works by contemporary artists including Ferdinand Hodler, Fernand Khnopff, Oskar Kokoschka, Hans Makart, Edouard Manet, Edvard Munch, and Egon Schiele. Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was known for his paintings of women--from classic portraits to erotic drawings. In this first survey of Klimt's approach to the female form, readers can view samples of his work and learn how fundamental changes in the social structure at the turn of the century raised women's status on ideological and cultural levels. 220 b&w, 133 color illustrations. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.
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New. Color-illustrated boards with white lettering, matching dust jacket. 256 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 20, 2000-Jan. 7, 2001. Contents as follows: Gustav Klimt--painter between the times / Gerbert Frodl--Fin-de-siecle Vienna and the ambivalence of modernism / Heidemarie Uhl--The Habsburg State and Gustav Klimt, scenes from a fruitful relationship / Jeroen Van Heerde--Of sweet young things and femmes fatales. Gustav Klimt and women around 1900. A path to freedom / Regine Schmidt--Gender asymmetries in Viennese moderninsm / Lisa Fischer--"Alma, my Alma"--Gustav Klimt and Alma Schindler / Hansjorg Krug--Gustav Klimt and women's fashion / Angela Volker. Gustav Klimt and photography / Franz Eder--Princesses without a history? Gustav Klimt and "the community of all who create and all who enjoy" / Tobias G. Natter--Gustav Klimt: female portraits / Tobias G. Natter--Portrait and pose. On the representational image of the "feminine" at the Fin de siecle / Monika Pessler and Thomas Trummer--Klimts studies for the portrait paintings / Marian Bisanz-Prakken--Judith / Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat--The compositional concept of "The Kiss" / Hans Bisanz. The two-fold woman (water-snakes) / Neda Bei--The three stages of life / Alessandra Comini.
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0300087969. Bool and DJ are free of any marks or writing. Clean throughout.; B and w and color illus & photos; 12.7 X 9.7 X 1.1 inches; 256 pages.
