The alluring art of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) has seduced art lovers for decades. His decorative style, jewel-like colours, and sensuous line enchant the eye and the mind. The ornamental facades of his paintings pulsate with latent sexuality. Beneath the surface beauty exists a passionate commitment not only to the progress of painting, but to its relevance for society, which has made him, along with Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, one of Austria's three greatest modern artists. Comini discusses Klimt's portraits, allegories and landscapes as separate facets, tracing the development of each through to its culmination. She also explores the reverse parallel between Freud's and Klimt's approach: reversing Freud's process of interpreting dream symbolism to discover latent sexual content. Klimt began with the sexual forces he saw at work in the world and translated them into the sexual symbolism of his shimmering paintings. Documentary photographs of Klimt and his associates as well as of comparative works by other artists are included.
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Allessandra Comini, University Distinguished Professor at Souhern Methodist University, is the author of 7 books on European culture, art and musical iconography, one of which 'Egon Schiele's Portraits', was nominated for a National Award. in recognition of her contributions to germanic culture, the Republic of Austria awarded her its Grand Decoration of Honour in 1990.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book,
By Sterling Morriss (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gustav Klimt (Paperback)
Having been a student of Comini's at Southern Methodist University, I know too well her genius. This is a beatifully reproduced book with some very interesting insight. It includes a short written overview of Klimt, and an amazing 80 other images in color and black and white. I greatly recommend this book for any and all interested in reading the words of a great scholar and learning about the elusive Klimt.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Worst Klimt Book I Have Ever Purchased,
This review is from: Gustav Klimt (Paperback)
If I could give it "zero" star rating, I would. Being an aficionado of Klimt, I may be as bold as to conclude that Comini's book is: a) expensive without offering any new angle/insight/pictures compared with the cheaper Taschen series; b) absent of any informative text (only a few pages in the form of a prologue); (c) colour-printing was very shoddily done.
This is the only book I had ever returned to Amazon...so save your time/postage and get instead books with really gorgeous and rare prints like Abrams' "Gustav Klimt" or Fischer's take on "Gustav Klimt and Emilie Floge".
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