Bibliograph

Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918, the world in female form, Gottfried Fliedl

Type

Label

Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918, the world in female form, Gottfried Fliedl

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 238)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

40801321

Responsibility statement

Gottfried Fliedl

Sub title

the world in female form

Summary

Fliedl's introduction to the life and work of one of the leading artistic personalities of the turn of the century has become a standard work on Klimt

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction: Klimt's popularity -- 2. Klimt's fame -- 3. Klimt's Vienna -- then and now -- 4. Years of training -- 5. Early works and the beginning of a career -- 6. Early Portraits -- 7. "Oedipal revolt" -- the secession -- 8. Modernity -- 9. The faculty paintings -- 10. Early landscapes -- 11. The secession building and its exhibitions -- 12. The Beethoven frieze -- 13. The kiss -- 14. The three ages of woman -- 15. Hope -- 16. Judith -- 17. The Stoclet frieze -- 18. The break-up of the seccession and the 1908 Kunstschau exhibition -- 19. "I'm not particularly interesting" -- 20. Landscapes -- 21. "Solitary dialogues": Klimt's erotic drawings -- 22. "The world in female form" -- 23. Danae -- 24. Ladies' portraits -- 25. Late works

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