Say it with flowers!
Subtitle: Viennese flower painting from Waldmüller to Klimt
By: edited by Stella Rollig & Rolf H. Johannsen ; with contributions from Rainald Franz [and nine others]
Contributors: Unteres Belvedere
Publisher: Belvedere; Prestel
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9783791357928; 9783903114616
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Austrian Painting; Flowers in art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Viennese flower painting from Waldmüller to Klimt
Description: "In this breathtaking book, richly illustrated chapters explore different artists' takes on floral paintings. Outstanding Viennese artists, from Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller to Gustav Klimt, tested their skills by painting opulent floral works. Readers will learn how the depiction of flowers in this period echoed the evolution of painting styles as artists liberated themselves from formal techniques, how women, excluded from painting academies, turned to flowers as a means of expression and emancipation, and how modern artists are influenced today by floral masterpieces of the past. Additional chapters examine the role of the sunflower in particular and the role of orientalism in the Biedermeier period, while brief essays on porcelain painting and botany provide additional perspectives. Generously illustrated, this wide-ranging and informative history offers a veritable bounty of floral delights."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Lower Belvedere, Vienna, June 22 - September 30, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.