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Blackshaw, Gemma

 
9781857095616: Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900
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ISBN 10 : 1857095618 ISBN 13 : 9781857095616
Editeur : National Gallery Company Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

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 Press


Exhibition Schedule:

The National Gallery, London
(10/09/13-01/12/14)

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À propos de l'auteur

Gemma Blackshaw is associate professor of history of art and visual culture at Plymouth University.


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Éditeur
National Gallery Company Ltd
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1857095618
ISBN 13 
9781857095616
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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