Gustav Klimt, modernism in the making / Colin B. Bailey, general editor ; essays by Peter Vergo ... [and others] ; catalogue by John Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918.

Contributor:

Bailey, Colin B.

Vergo, Peter.

Collins, John Bruce, 1957-

National Gallery of Canada.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918--Exhibitions.

Klimt, Gustav.

Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918.

Art nouveau--Austria--Vienna--Exhibitions.

Art nouveau.

Painters--Austria--Biography.

Painters.

Austria.

Austria--Vienna.

Painting, Austrian.

Symbolism (Art movement).

Genre:

Biographies.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

239 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Gustav Klimt

Modernism in the making

French title: Gustav Klimt, vers un renouvellement de la modernité

Place of Publication:

New York : H.N. Abrams ; Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, 2001.

Summary:

This beautiful volume is a comprehensive survey of the life and work of Klimt, with reproductions of his paintings and works on paper. This is the catalog for the exhibition of Klimt's work at the National Gallery of Canada. 320 illustrations.

Contents:

Prolegomena: A Klimt for the Twenty-first Century / Colin B. Bailey 13

Between Modernism and Tradition: The Importance of Klimt's Murals and Figure Paintings / Peter Vergo 19

Klimtomania/Klimtophobia / Emily Braun 41

"High" and "Low" in Imperial Vienna: Gustav Klimt and the Applied Arts / Jane Kallir 55

Catalogue: Paintings / John Collins 71

Gustav Klimt's Drawings / Marian Bisanz-Prakken 143

Catalogue: Drawings 162.

Notes:

Published simultaneously in French under the title: Gustav Klimt, vers un renouvellement de la modernité.

Catalog of an exhibition held June 14-Sept. 16, 2001 at the National Gallery of Canada.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0810935244

0888847181

OCLC:

46315032