Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900
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An engaging look at how the middle classes of fin-de-si?cleVienna used innovative portraiture to define their identity During the great flourishing of modern art in fin-de-si?cleVienna, 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 Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The National Gallery, London
(10/09/13-01/12/14)
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1857095618
ISBN13:9781857095616
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:National Gallery London
Length:216 Pages
Weight:3.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 8.8" x 11.8"
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