Gustav Klimt: 100 Drawings
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486224465 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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For this he earned the reputation of erotic artist, and while he did not suffer the outright persecutions of his successors Schiele and Kokoschka, he was nevertheless subjected to the trials that a frankly erotic artist had to undergo in Vienna, where the everyday subject of conversation was the current love affairs of celebrities but where audiences were shocked by the sight of a dancer's naked legs. From the Back CoverGustav Glück, director of Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, wrote as early as 1922 of Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) that his drawings were perhaps his ultimate artistic achievement. This founder of Secessionsstil and leader of the revolt against the Viennese academies was able to achieve greater freedom in his drawings t
"Definitely One For Study" according to Mark. Pros: A bunch of Gustav Klimpt sketches.Cons: You wish you had ten times as many.Gustav Klimpt displayed an amazing ability to let go of a lot of his classical training and turn towards and understanding of drawing not as an ever-increasing precision of draftsmanship, but as the ability to transform elements of line and form into playfully drawn elements of emphasis and decoration while maintaining likeness. I don't know that everyone would want to imitate him (or for that matter, his contemporary, Egon Schiele) but the elegance with which he renders and transforms line and form into expressive reworkings of the human fig. Susan M. Aron said A rare look at Klimt's drawings. Beautiful delicate drawings. Some are very light but I can still see the form so no complaints. A real treat to have a chance to see such gorgeous line work after being so familiar with Klimt's finished paintings.. Four Stars Its ok
This founder of Secessionsstil and leader of the revolt against the Viennese academies was able to achieve greater freedom in his drawings than in his more laboriously executed paintings. For this he earned the reputation of erotic artist, and while he did not suffer the outright persecutions of his successors Schiele and Kokoschka, he was nevertheless subjected to the trials that a frankly erotic artist had to undergo in Vienna, where the everyday subject of conversation was the current love affairs of celebrities but where audiences were shocked by the sight of a dancer's naked legs. As he matured as an artist there was an increasing awareness of this and a greater and greater spontane