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Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900 (National Gallery London)
Gemma Blackshaw
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Description for Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900 (National Gallery London)
Hardcover. An engaging look at how the middle classes of fin-de-siecle Vienna used innovative portraiture to define their identity Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 216 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; ACV; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 294 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1358.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
National Gallery London
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
National Gallery London
Condition
New
Weight
1351g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857095616
SKU
V9781857095616
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About Gemma Blackshaw
Gemma Blackshaw is associate professor of history of art and visual culture at Plymouth University.
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