Jane Rogoyska
1) Gustav Klimt
Author
Publication Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
199 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.)
Description
"I am not interested in myself as a subject for painting, but in others, particularly women…" Beautiful, sensuous and above all erotic, Gustav Klimt's paintings speak of a world of opulence and leisure, which seems eons away from the harsh, post-modern environment we live in now. The subjects he treats – allegories, portraits, landscapes and erotic figures – contain virtually no reference to external events, but strive rather to create a world...
2) Gustav Klimt
Author
Publication Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
199 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.)
Description
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) war zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts nicht nur einer der einflussreichsten Künstler, sondern gründete zudem die Bewegung der Wiener Secession. Mithilfe dieser Bewegung übte er Kritik an der traditionellen Kunst, die sich durch ihren Widerstand gegen Veränderungen sowie Intoleranz gegenüber bestimmten modernen Vorstellungen auszeichnete. Klimt ließ sich durch den langsamen aber sicheren Niedergang sowie die Vielfalt der...
3) Gustav Klimt
Author
Publication Date
[c2011]
Physical Desc
199 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)
Description
Gustav Klimt (Baumgarten, 1862 - Vienne, 1918): «Faire un autoportrait ne m'intéresse pas. Les sujets de peinture qui m'intéressent ? Les autres et en particulier les femmes... » Aucune référence au monde extérieur ne vient contrarier le charme des allégories, portraits, paysages et autres personnages que l'artiste peint. Des couleurs et des motifs d'inspiration orientale (Klimt a été très influencé par le Japon, l'ancienne Egypte et la...
Author
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations
Description
Equally famous for his masterful canvasses and tumultuous mental health, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was, in many ways, the prototypical tortured artist. A lifelong sufferer of painfully degenerative tuberculosis, Modigliani was famous for denying his disease with a frenzied bohemian lifestyle of hard drinking, drug abuse, and passionate love affairs. But at the same time, he managed to produce some of the modern movement's most enduring masterpieces,...
