{"product_id":"gustav-klimt-the-complete-paintings-1","title":"Gustav Klimt","description":"Over a century after his death, Viennese artist \u003cb\u003eGustav Klimt\u003c\/b\u003e (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of\u003cb\u003e Klimt's major works\u003c\/b\u003e alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged \u003cb\u003eaccess to the artist's archive\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With top quality illustration, including\u003cb\u003e new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze,\u003c\/b\u003e the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the \u003cb\u003eSecessionist movement \u003c\/b\u003eof 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his \u003cb\u003elustrous \"golden phase\"\u003c\/b\u003e when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to such beloved works as The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, also known as The Woman in Gold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through luminous spreads and \u003cb\u003ecarefully curated details\u003c\/b\u003e, the monograph traces the repertoire of\u003cb\u003e Japanese, Byzantine, and allegorical stimuli\u003c\/b\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 \u003cb\u003ethe art world's polarized reception to Klimt's pictures\u003c\/b\u003e as much as his own stylistic trajectory. From his landscape painting to erotic works to the \u003cb\u003econtroversial ceiling for the Great Hall of the University of Vienna, \u003c\/b\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.","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42523577516068,"sku":"9783836566612","price":170.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783836566612.jpg?v=1780602902","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/gustav-klimt-the-complete-paintings-1","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}