Nouveau riche

Gustave Klimt was born in Vienna, Austria in 1862. He is viewed as one of the most influential and cutting- edge artists of his time with memorable pieces such as The Kiss, The Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer, and the Three Ages of Women, as well as his provocative drawings. With his abstract multimedia uses of paint, jewels, and gold leafing, Klimt has created some of the most iconic and controversial pieces in the art community. At the beginning of his career, Klimt stuck to his teachings and…

Inspiration for the Thesis Topic At the middle of this semester, I decided to go back to the point, the Post-Impressionist period, where I started to be interested in Art history in the very beginning. Therefore, I would love to start again with Gustav Klimt, who lived around the same period, but had a distinctively different style in Austria. After talking to Professor Houghteling, I was inspired by the perspective offered by her. Since several well-known works of Gustav Klimt have been…

This essay convenes the work of two Austrian artists, Gustav Klimt and his former student Egon Schiele. Both twentieth century artists and both independent in their style, their work together embodies common idiosyncrasies. The two share many qualities in their work, especially a kind of anxiety. Although stylistically, Klimt 's work is formally ordered and decorative while Schiele 's work is unforgiving in its brutality. An example that displays this duality in their work and similar…

definitions of gates, the true meaning of the Pair of Gates is judgement of the changing art movements. Typical of the Art Nouveau…

Chapter 2 – The Arts and Crafts Movement The Arts and Crafts Movement of the second half of the 19th century was an English aesthetic movement that started an appreciation of decorative arts throughout Europe. It is difficult to say what exactly can be described as ‘Arts and Crafts’ as the craftsmen and women associated with the movement were working within a spectrum of crafts; as architects, printers, painters, sculptors and jewellers. The revival of Arts and Crafts in the second half of the…

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt was born on July 14, 1862, on the outer part of Vienna, Austria. The son of Ernst and Anna Klimt. Ernst was a broke struggling gold engraver and Anna was musically talented, but had never wanted to become a professional artist. Gustav became very gifted at a young age. He went to Vienna School of Art and Crafts on a full scholarship. The school did not care that he was from a poor home and that he was young. Klimt used his time wisely at the school and focused on…

During the two world wars, there was a popular art design movement between the 1920’s to 1930’s. It was a combination of different artist styles; neoclassical, constructivism, cubism, modernism, art nouveau, and futurism. These styles affected all types of art such as architecture, interior, design, sculpture, furniture, industrial design and other mediums like clothing, jewelry, graphic arts, paintings, and films. This movement was one of the reason why the twenties were known for “a world…

The World in Love With a Golden Romance: Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss Gustav Klimt’s oil and gold leaf painting on canvas, The Kiss of 1908 is his interpretation of the society in which he found himself, views on religion, nature, and sex and love. The perfectly square painting’s foreground is a lush green mound covered in hundreds of small pink, gold, red, and purple flowers. The greenery extends over three-fourths of the painting. The middle ground hosts a couple, male and female, arms locked in a…

Art Nouveau (1890 – 1910) and Art Deco (1925-40) are two major graphic design art styles, during which combined many art forms in a new and enhanced way creating distinct themes. During these periods there were artists that employed each style reflecting, on how artist ideas and values had progressed. This essay compares and contrast these two art styles through the historical aspects of how these styles came into existence, the many cultural aspects and beliefs that helped create some of the…

interpretation. The Art Nouveau movement was in resistance to the increasing industrialization of the world. Not only that, but the Movement was concerned with returning back to nature and organicism. So instead of judging the hierarchy or morals of the world, perhaps these gates are about judging the current scene. Since butterflies represent death and moral metamorphosis, Pair of Gates mean change. Taking that into account, Pair of Gates isn’t about the preservation of the Art Nouveau movement…