Klimt landscapes / edited by Janis Staggs; preface by Ronald S. Lauder; foreword by Renee Price; with contributions by Shawn Digney-Peer, Monika Faber, Kathrin Pallestrang, Janis Staggs and Yagna Yass-Alston.
Publisher:
Prestel,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
344 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm
"A life with artistic intentions increases the beauty of this earth" / Janis Staggs. Dilettantes and professionals : photography in Gustav Klimt's circle / Monika Faber -- Enchanting fragments : the Emilie Floge Collection in the Volkskundemuseum in Vienna / Kathrin Pallestrang -- Cast Study : park at Kammer Castle -- Introduction / Janis Staggs -- Klimt and Kammer Castle / Janis Staggs -- The provenance of park at Kammer Castle / Yagna Yass-Alston -- The making of park at Kammer Castle / Shawn Digney-Peer -- Das Werk Gustav Klimts -- "A life with artistic intentions increases the beauty of this earth" / Janis Staggs.
Summary:
"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 Klimt's landscapes alongside fin-de-siecle fashion, photography, and decorative arts of the Wiener Werkstatte in particular. Klimt's 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 Klimt's 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."-- from https://prestelpublishing.penguinrandomhouse.de/book/Klimt-Landscapes/Prestel/e627123.rhd, accessed 20240507.
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