{"product_id":"gustav-klimt-the-complete-paintings-9783836566612","title":"Gustav Klimt. the Complete Paintings","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver a century after his death, Viennese artist \u003cstrong\u003eGustav Klimt\u003c\/strong\u003e (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of\u003cstrong\u003e Klimt's major works\u003c\/strong\u003e alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged \u003cstrong\u003eaccess to the artist's archive\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With top quality illustration, including\u003cstrong\u003e new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, \u003c\/strong\u003e the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the \u003cstrong\u003eSecessionist movement \u003c\/strong\u003eof 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his \u003cstrong\u003elustrous \"golden phase\"\u003c\/strong\u003e when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to such beloved works as \u003cem\u003eThe Kiss \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, \u003c\/em\u003e also known as \u003cem\u003eThe Woman in Gold.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through luminous spreads and \u003cstrong\u003ecarefully curated details\u003c\/strong\u003e, the monograph traces the repertoire of\u003cstrong\u003e Japanese, Byzantine, and allegorical stimuli\u003c\/strong\u003e that informed Klimt's flattened perspectives, his symbolic vocabulary, and his mosaic-like textures. Drawing upon contemporary critics and voices, the book also examines \u003cstrong\u003ethe art world's polarized reception to Klimt's pictures\u003c\/strong\u003e as much as his own stylistic trajectory. From his landscape painting to erotic works to the \u003cstrong\u003econtroversial ceiling for the Great Hall of the University of Vienna, \u003c\/strong\u003ewe see how Klimt's admixture of tradition and daring divided the press and public--becried by some as a pornographer, hailed by others as a modern maestro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatter, Tobias G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tobias G. Natter is an internationally acknowledged expert on art in \"Vienna around 1900.\" For many years he worked at the Austrian Belvedere Gallery in Vienna, latterly as head curator. He also worked as guest curator at the Tate Liverpool, the Neue Galerie New York, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Schirn in Frankfurt am Main, and the Jewish Museum in Vienna. From 2006 to 2011, he directed the Vorarlberg Museum in Bregenz, and from 2011 to 2013 was director of the Leopold Museum in Vienna. In 2014 he founded Natter Fine Arts, which specializes in assessing works of art and developing exhibition concepts. He is the author of TASCHEN's Gustav Klimt. Complete Paintings, Art for All. The Colour Woodcut in Vienna around 1900 and Egon Schiele. The Complete Paintings 1909-1918.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626627633426,"sku":"9783836566612","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_40589020-2416-4a00-b1ad-00f3f2ccdf71.jpg?v=1732663929","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gustav-klimt-the-complete-paintings-9783836566612","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}