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Gustav Klimt: Tout L' uvre Peint Hardcover – July 7, 2017

French Edition by Tobias G. Natter (Author, Editor)
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A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of Klimt’s major works alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged access to the artist’s archive.

With top quality illustration, including new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the Secessionist movement of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his lustrous “golden phase” 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.

Through luminous spreads and carefully curated details, the monograph traces the repertoire of Japanese, Byzantine, and allegorical stimuli that informed Klimt’s flattened perspectives, his symbolic vocabulary, and his mosaic-like textures. Drawing upon contemporary critics and voices, the book also examines the art world’s polarized reception to Klimt’s pictures as much as his own stylistic trajectory. From his landscape painting to erotic works to the controversial ceiling for the Great Hall of the University of Vienna, we 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.

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  1. Print length
    604 pages
  2. Language
    French
  3. Publisher
    Taschen America Llc
  4. Publication date
    July 7, 2017
  5. Dimensions
    10.4 x 2 x 13.6 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    3836566605
  7. ISBN-13
    978-3836566605
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“Never have there been such illustrations… that give us the grain of canvas and every precious decorative element in the stupendous mosaics of the Palais Stoclet, the Sistine Chapel of Secessionism.” ― The Evening Standard

“Guaranteed to work up a fervor.” ― Harper’s Bazaar

About the Author

Tobias G. Natter is an acknowledged expert on art in “Vienna around 1900.” For many years he was curator at the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna, directed the Vorarlberg Museum in Bregenz, and 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, and Egon Schiele. The Complete Paintings 1909–1918.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Taschen America Llc; Illustrated edition (July 7, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 604 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3836566605
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3836566605
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.51 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.4 x 2 x 13.6 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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    Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. In addition to his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods.

    Early in his artistic career, he was a successful painter of architectural decorations in a conventional manner. As he developed a more personal style, his work was the subject of controversy that culminated when the paintings he completed around 1900 for the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna were criticized as pornographic. He subsequently accepted no more public commissions, but achieved a new success with the paintings of his "golden phase," many of which include gold leaf. Klimt's work was an important influence on his younger contemporary Egon Schiele.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Livre fabuleux
Reviewed in France on January 29, 2024
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Très bonne qualité Qui justifie le prix
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jose luis diaz diaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Fenomenal
Reviewed in Spain on January 9, 2018
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Edición muy cuidada, una obra imprescindible para los amantes del arte en general y de Klimt en particularmente los que me cuento-
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jean-pierre lussier
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 31, 2017
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Très satisfait.
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Pelléas
5.0 out of 5 stars ottimo libro, tra i più completi su Klimt
Reviewed in Italy on December 29, 2012
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Pubblòicazione molto ampia e ricca, che riproduce bene moltissime opere e dà un quadro completo (più degli altri disponibili) dell'opera di Klimt
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トミーリークリーミー
5.0 out of 5 stars え？半額？
Reviewed in Japan on November 28, 2015
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数ヶ月間 買うか どーしようか迷いました。だって箱に入って中身 見れない本に2まん出すのは…ハズレだったらと思うと…
すると、いつの間にか半額に！1まんだったら今しかない！と思い購入。
デカイし重い！でも素晴らしいクリムトの本ならコレより優れた本は他に無い
私は運よく半額で買うことができましたが定価で買っても損しませんよ
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