Gustav Klimt Drawings & Watercolours - Drawing and Watercolours

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rainer Metzger, Metzger Rainer
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.2006
• EAN: 9780500238264
• ISBN: 978-0-500-23826-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 230 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 1310 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Drawing & drawings, Individual artists, art monographs, Drawing and drawings, Paintings and painting, Watercolours