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Gustav Klimt's art is thoroughly fin de siecle. It expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna's upper middle-class society - a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure. The ecstatic joy which Klimt and his contemporaries found - or hoped to find -... read more
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First Sentence edit
Klimt's world is full of pollen and pistil, germ-cell and ovum, in views of nature but also incorporated into bodies and garments.
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First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Rizzoli
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0847823504
Page Count: 96
Publisher: Rizzoli
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0847823504
Page Count: 96
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 709
Subjects edit
- Books › Arts & Photography › Artists, A-Z › ( J-L ) › Klimt, Gustav
- Books › Arts & Photography › History & Criticism › Regional › European
- Books › History › Europe › Austria
- Books › Arts & Photography › Schools, Periods & Styles › Modern
- Books › Arts & Photography › Instructional & How-To
- Books › Arts & Photography › Painting
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