Schiele Egon -
Love and Death
KORTE INHOUD
A brilliant introduction into the life and work of Egon Schiele, star and enfant terrible of the Vienna avant-garde.nAlthough Egon Schiele died of the Spanish flu at the age of twenty-eight in 1918, he left behind a substantial, though controversial oeuvre, which makes him one of the leading Austrian Expressionists. Influenced at first by Gustav Klimt, Schiele soon developed a style of his own, abandoning decorative ornamentation in favor of a highly expressive style. His works relating to fundamental aspects of human life-eroticism, sexuality, and death-created a scandal in Vienna in the early years of the twentieth century, and the artist was denounced by critics and government authorities alike. In addition to his starkly realistic nudes, he also did profoundly sensitive portraits in which he explored the inner essence of his subjects.nnIn this volume, Jane Kallir, author of numerous books on Egon Schiele, including the catalogue raisonn? of his oeuvre, offers a fascinating survey of the artist's life and ...
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2023Uitgever: Hatje Cantz Verlag160 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 3775715282ISBN-13: 9783775715287Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original black boards, dust jacket, illustrations in colour, text in English, 4to. [Auteur: Kallir, Jane] [Pagina's: 158] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz Verlag] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: Egon Schiele: love and death]
