Gustav Klimt. Obras completas

<p>Over a century after his death, Viennese artist <strong>Gustav Klimt</strong> (1862–1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of<strong> Klimt’s major works</strong> alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged <strong>access to the artist’s archive</strong>.<br /><br /> With top quality illustration, including<strong> new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze,</strong> the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the <strong>Secessionist movement </strong>of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his <strong>lustrous “golden phase”</strong> when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to such beloved works as <em>The Kiss </em>and<em> Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I,</em> also known as <em>The Woman in Gold.</em><br /><br /> Through luminous spreads and <strong>carefully curated details</strong>, the monograph traces the repertoire of<strong> Japanese, Byzantine, and allegorical stimuli</strong> that informed Klimt’s flattened perspectives, his symbolic vocabulary, and his mosaic-like textures. Drawing upon contemporary critics and voices, the book also examines <strong>the art world’s polarized reception to Klimt’s pictures</strong> as much as his own stylistic trajectory. From his landscape painting to erotic works to the <strong>controversial ceiling for the Great Hall of the University of Vienna, </strong>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.</p>