About this book
Gustav Klimt's ornate art expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna's upper middle-class society around the turn of the 20th century - a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure. This book is a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work.
- Themes, motives
- Criticism and interpretation
- Art Deco
- Art Nouveau
- Individual artists
- Painting & paintings
- 20th century
- c 1800 to c 1900
