Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918
Subtitle: the world in female form
By: Gilles Néret ; [translation, Charity Scott Stokes]
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Köln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9783836531429
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Themes, motives; Women in art
Other titles: Klimt; World in female form
Work titles: Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918
Description: Gustav Klimt's ornate art expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna's upper middle-class society around the turn of the 20th century - a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure. This book is a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work.
Notes: Originally published in 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 96).
Table of contents: title: Vienna between Reality and Illusion; title: Secessionist Symbolism and Femmes Fatales; title: The Hymn to Joy and the Beethoven Frieze; title: The Exotic Mosaics of the Villa Stoclet; title: The Magic Kaleidoscope; title: All Art is Erotic; title: Gustav Klimat 1862-1918: Life and Work; title: List of Plates; title: Notes.