Klimt Landscapes

ISBN: 3791377361

Author: Staggs, Janis

Condition: New

As inviting and sensual as a warm summer day, this opulent exhibition catalog offers a deep appreciation of Klimts ornate, exquisitely detailed, and atmospheric landscape paintings.For the last twenty years of his career, Gustav Klimt devoted considerable energy to painting landscapes during his summer vacations-and these bucolic scenes became some of his most sought-after pictures. Filled with vibrant high-quality reproductions and featuring engaging essays by leading scholars in the field, this exhibition catalog situates Klimts landscapes alongside fin-de-sie`cle fashion, photography, and decorative arts of the Wiener Werkstatte in particular. Klimts landscapes are examined within the context of his larger oeuvre and traces the evolution of his style: from one informed by the academic tradition, to his ornate golden style decorative approach influenced by the ideal of the Gesamtkunstwerk, and then to a more painterly manner of working in pure color. The book also considers Klimts relationship with his muse, fashion designer Emilie Floge; his deep engagement with the Viennese avant-garde; and the specific techniques he employed to achieve mesmerizing, harmonious works that literally shimmer with light and color.