The Women of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka - Hardcover

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9783791354941: The Women of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3791354949 ISBN 13: 9783791354941
Publisher: Prestel, 2015

Synopsis

Female portraits and nudes, mothers & children, and couples by the three most outstanding painters of Viennese modernism. In the early 20th century, the traditional relationship between the sexes was challenged by a number of social, economic,
and philosophical changes. It was above all the incipient
development towards gender equity that provoked vehement
counter-arguments. On the other hand, sexual liberation can
be seen as a common goal of men and women, since they
both sought to escape the restrictive moral taboos of the 19th
century. Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka—then
the three most outstanding painters of Viennese modernism—
approached the subject matter generally referred to as the
"woman question" from slightly different, albeit overlapping
perspectives. The book will present an in-depth exploration of
these differences and similarities.

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About the Author

AGNES HUSSLEIN-ARCO, Director of the Belvedere and 21er Haus in Vienna since 2007, is an art historian, curator of numerous exhibitions dedicated to classical modernism and contemporary art, and author and editor of academic publications.

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Publisher
Prestel
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3791354949
ISBN 13 
9783791354941
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
240
Editor
Husslein-Arco Agnes, Kallir Jane, Weidinger Alfred, Kandel Eric, Mayer Mateusz
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