Facing the Modern : The Portrait in Vienna 1900 Hardback
by Gemma Blackshaw
Hardback
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An engaging look at how the middle classes of fin-de-siècleVienna used innovative portraiture to define their identity During the great flourishing of modern art in fin-de-siècleVienna, artists of that city focused on images of individuals.
Their portraits depict artists, patrons, families, friends, intellectual allies, and society celebrities from the upwardly mobile middle classes.
Viewed as a whole, the images allow us to reconstruct the subjects’ shifting identities as the Austro-Hungarian Empire underwent dramatic political changes, from the 1867 Ausgleich (Compromise) to the end of World War I.
This is viewed as a time when the avant-garde overthrew the academy, yet Facing the Modern tells a more complex story of the time through thought-provoking texts by numerous leading art historians.
Their writings examine paintings by innovative artists such as Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele alongside earlier works, blurring the conventionally-held distinctions between 19th-century and early-20th-century art, and revealing surprising continuities in the production and consumption of portraits.
This compelling book features works not only by famous names but also by lesser-known female and Jewish artists, giving a more complete picture of the time. Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The National Gallery, London(10/09/13–01/12/14)
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:216 pages, 130 color illus.
- Publisher:National Gallery Company Ltd
- Publication Date:15/10/2013
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- ISBN:9781857095616
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:216 pages, 130 color illus.
- Publisher:National Gallery Company Ltd
- Publication Date:15/10/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781857095616
