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Yazar :Rainer Metzger 22.9x15.2 cm / 400 syf 309 İllüstrasyon, 282 Renk Ciltli / 2005 ISBN : 13 978-0500238264 | Delightful … includes some intensely sexy drawings of women that make plain the artist s desire for them with every caressing line | – Frank Whitford,
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| ‘Klimt at his best | | – The Independent on Sunday |
There can be no doubt about Klimt s greatness as a draughtsman. Remarkable above all is the intensely sensual mood that he establishes in his limpid, fluid drawings and watercolours.
Rainer Metzger brings together hundreds of Klimt s works on paper in a way that enriches our knowledge of the artist and enhances the visual impact of his oeuvre. Many revolve around Klimt s taboo-breaking main themes – the naked woman, erotica and homoerotica – while others provide allegorical and historical insights. Between these two poles lie Klimt s elegantly direct preparatory sketches and studies, tirelessly and manically executed – frameworks that would lay the foundations for his paintings.
This book is a fitting testament to a hitherto neglected aspect of Klimt s art, which is as complex and contradictory as the times in which it was made and as the man who made it.
Vienna-based art historian and writer Rainer Metzger is a lecturer at the Kunstuniversität Linz, Stuttgart University, and the Academy of Art in Karlsruhe. His books include Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings.
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