Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918

By Gustav Klimt, Gilles Néret

Subjects: c 1800 to c 1900, Individual Artist, 1862-1918, Themes, motives, Painting & paintings, Art, Criticism and interpretation, Art Deco, Klimt, Gustav,, Klimt, gustav, 1862-1918, Individual artists, 19th Century Art, Austria, Art criticism, Klimt, Gustav, Art & Art Instruction, Art Nouveau, 20th century

Description: 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.