Schiele: Colour Library

Short, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0714833932 / ISBN 13: 9780714833934

Published by Phaidon Press, 1997

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing. Published by Phaidon, 1997. Quarto. Pictorial wraps. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Covers have very light shelf wear. 48 pages. ISBN: 9780714833934. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Schiele: Colour Library
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714833932
• ISBN 13: 9780714833934
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Egon Schiele was born in Vienna in 1890, growing up in the same milieu that nurtured the theories of Freud. Showing a precious talent as a child, he developed a distinctive personal style that matched his anguished obsession with sex, life and death. His nudes and self-portraits, with their unflinching honesty, are among the most intense and powerful portrayals of sexual feeling in Western art. Although he died young he produced a body of paintings, watercolours and drawings that rank him among the most original artists of the early twentieth century, and an important forerunner of the Expressionist movement.

In this book Christopher Short presents a biographical introduction and survey of Schiele’s art, followed by detailed commentaries on a selection of 48 male and female nudes, self-portraits, portraits, landscapes and allegorical works representing a full cross-section of the artist’s finest works in all media.

About the Author

Dr Christopher Short lectures on the history and theory of art in the School of Fine Art at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.