Klimt. The Essentials Box Set.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 23281 |
| Format | 18.5 x 26 |
| Détails | 192 p., leporello in publisher's slipcase. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754111638 |
This box set brings together the essential work of an extraordinary artist who has adopted the motto of the Vienna Secession, which remains as strong and timeless as ever: "To each age its art. To art its freedom." When this movement was created in 1897, Klimt was thirty-five years old. He was in full maturity, and for him it was a turning point. This son of a gilder born in a Viennese suburb, who had learned painting and ornamental drawing at a school of applied arts, and who was already the author of decorations, adhered to the principles of this Secessionstil: turning away from conservatism, drawing on new sources of inspiration, banishing the hierarchy between fine and minor arts, and allying himself with architecture. In short, developing a new art – as in the rest of Europe. In Vienna, the cosmopolitan capital of the unstable and decadent Austro-Hungarian Empire, Klimt developed stylization, arabesques, and decorative profusion, with the female body as his almost sole subject, with its haunting eroticism. Between society portraits, allegories, and landscapes, between easel paintings and private settings, his works have become one of the emblems of Viennese modernity.
This box set brings together the essential work of an extraordinary artist who has adopted the motto of the Vienna Secession, which remains as strong and timeless as ever: "To each age its art. To art its freedom." When this movement was created in 1897, Klimt was thirty-five years old. He was in full maturity, and for him it was a turning point. This son of a gilder born in a Viennese suburb, who had learned painting and ornamental drawing at a school of applied arts, and who was already the author of decorations, adhered to the principles of this Secessionstil: turning away from conservatism, drawing on new sources of inspiration, banishing the hierarchy between fine and minor arts, and allying himself with architecture. In short, developing a new art – as in the rest of Europe. In Vienna, the cosmopolitan capital of the unstable and decadent Austro-Hungarian Empire, Klimt developed stylization, arabesques, and decorative profusion, with the female body as his almost sole subject, with its haunting eroticism. Between society portraits, allegories, and landscapes, between easel paintings and private settings, his works have become one of the emblems of Viennese modernity.