Egon Schiele: Self-portraits and Portraits
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3791351095 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book traces Schiele's development as a portraitist through four principal chronological phases, from 1906 to 1918. This fascinating new book explores how Egon Schiele reinvented the art of portraiture, brilliantly capturing the inner lives of his numerous subjects including himself. Starting with the artist's rigorous training at the Vienna Academy, it chronicles Schiele's eventual break with academia and the emergence of his Expressionistic style. As Schiele honed his technical abilities, he gathered a coterie of patrons-many of whom he immortalized on canvas-and developed a tendency toward realism and introspection. This volume also offers a clos
This book traces Schiele's development as a portraitist through four principal chronological phases, from 1906 to 1918. . From the Inside Flap This fascinating new book explores how Egon Schiele reinvented the art of portraiture, brilliantly capturing the inner lives of his numerous subjects including himself. As Schiele honed his technical abilities, he gathered a coterie of patrons-many of whom he immortalized on canvas-and developed a tendency toward realism and introspection. Starting with the artist's rigorous training at the Vienna Academy, it chronicles Schiele's eventual break with academia and the emergence of his Expressionistic style
Grady Harp said A Focused Study of the Development of Egon Schiele. Egon Schiele remains a controversial painter even after a century. Many considered him to he a pedophile, so many paintings of very young girls in suggestive positions filled his studio. But few have ever brought focus to the man's genius and his contribution to the changing form of art into expressionism the way that this very fine book does. The reason is that t. "Tormented face" according to Reich Claude. Incredibly enough, this book is the first ever devoted to Schiele's portraits (it is the catalog for the current exhibition held at the Belevedere in Vienna). Several essays study the self-portrait, the portrait of woman (the woman being seen by Schiele as a saint as much as a whore)and Schiele's conception of genders.The main asset of this book, however, is the n. MIGHT BE THE BEST BOOK ON SCHEILE! DETAIL ENLARGEMENTS SET IT ABOVE OTHERS. dadaloco For sure one of the best books on this artist, I have all of them and go to this one most often,reproduction is stellar, including very many detail enlargements that make this an invaluable volumedo not miss it, once you see it you will be very impressed.
Etienne in New York City, the author of the catalogue raisonne Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, and the curator of numerous exhibitions on Austrian art of the early twentieth century. Jane Kallir is co-director of the Galerie St. Agnes Husslein-Arco is the director of the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria.