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Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918
Gustav Klimt 18621918
Author: Gilles Neret, Charity Scott Stokes
Gustav Klimt's art is thoroughly fin de siecle. It expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna's upper middle class society - a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure. The ecstatic joy which Klimt and his contemporaries found - or hoped to find - in beauty was constantly overshadowed by death. And d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780760723234
ISBN-10: 0760723230
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 96
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Publisher: Barnes and Noble
Book Type: Unknown Binding
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Barnes & Noble hardback. Coffee table book, but interesting overview of Klimt's life and artwork.


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