Klimt and Rodin
Subtitle: an artistic encounter
By: Tobias G. Natter and Max Hollein ; with Martin Chapman, Matthias Haldemann, Michael Kausch, and Renée Price
Contributors: Hollein, Max; Chapman, Martin (Curator); Haldemann, Matthias; Kausch, Michael; Price, Renée
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9783791357089
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: "On the 100th anniversary of their deaths, Gustav Klimt and Auguste Rodin are celebrated as two pioneers of modernism who set new standards in their chosen media. Although they worked in different media, Auguste Rodin and Gustav Klimt were two artists whose output generated both incredible enthusiasm and virulent denunciation in their lifetimes. On the centenary of their deaths, in 1917 and 1918 respectively, this opulent volume highlights the remarkable parallels between the two creators: their passion for the human figure, erotic subject matter, pioneering techniques, and the achievement of international success. In chapters of alternating perspectives, this book features essays on fin-de-siècle Vienna, the phenomenon of artistic celebrity, and a tribute to the two seminal works that each artist gave the same name: The Kiss. Bringing these two masters together for the first time in such a detailed manner, this book captures a significant moment in European culture and demonstrates why their geniuses still speak so profoundly to us today. "--
Notes: Published in association with an exhibition held at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, October 14, 2017 to January 28, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Vienna 1902: Gustav Klimt and Auguste Rodin / by Tobias G. Natter; title: Kunst-Dinge R. M. Rilke: From Rodin to Klimt and Schiele / by Matthias Haldemann; title: The Kiss: Gustav Klimt and Auguste Rodin / by Renée Price; title: Rodin's International Celebrity and Influence around 1900 / by Martin Chapman; title: Klimt and Rodin: Their Image of Life and Humanity / by Michael Kausch.