Schiele
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With his graphic style, figural distortion, and defiance of conventional standards of beauty, Egon Schiele (1890–1918) was a pioneer of Austrian Expressionism and one of the most startling portrait painters of the 20th century.Mentored by Gustav Klimt, Schiele dabbled in a glittering Art Nouveau style before developing his own much more gritty and confrontational aesthetic of sharp lines, lurid shades, and mannered, elongated figures. His prolific portraits and self-portraits stunned the Viennese establishment with an unprecedented psychological and sexual intensity, favoring erotic, exposing, or unsettling poses in which he or his sitters cower on the floor, languish with legs akimbo, glower at the viewer, and thrust their genitalia into the foreground. His models are at times skeletal and sickly, at other times strong and sensual.Many contemporaries found Schiele’s work to be not only ugly but morally objectionable; in 1912, the artist was briefly imprisoned for obscenity. Today, his oeuvre is celebrated for its revolutionary approach to the human figure and for its direct and particularly fervent, almost furious brand of draftsmanship. This book presents key Schiele works to introduce his short but urgent career and his profound contribution to the development of modern art, which reaches right through to such contemporary talents as Tracey Emin and Jenny Saville. Review: Such A Short Productive Life - Dead of influenza at age 27/28, the number and range of works he managed to paint in that short time span is amazing. Although I'm not a big fan of his landscapes , I do love the Klimt-inspired work and those stylized representations of the human form that have come to be recognized uniquely as Schiele's own. This book does a good job of showcasing the variety of Sciele's art, but more so than most Taschen books, it contains considerable narrative discussing the artist's work, resulting in smaller and fewer depictions of that art. Review: Love His Art & Love This Book - I have been collecting books on my favorite Artists by Taschen for a while now. I had this book in smaller soft cover and I wanted to get the hard cover for my coffee table collection. Well, it turns out that my sister who just bought a house was looking for some good hard cover books for her book shelf so poof! All my coffee table collection is gone. The good thing is that when I am visiting her, I can always enjoy it there. Meanwhile I have my soft cover and it is wonderful. All in this series are great books to collect.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 164 Reviews |
L**N
Such A Short Productive Life
Dead of influenza at age 27/28, the number and range of works he managed to paint in that short time span is amazing. Although I'm not a big fan of his landscapes , I do love the Klimt-inspired work and those stylized representations of the human form that have come to be recognized uniquely as Schiele's own. This book does a good job of showcasing the variety of Sciele's art, but more so than most Taschen books, it contains considerable narrative discussing the artist's work, resulting in smaller and fewer depictions of that art.
T**R
Love His Art & Love This Book
I have been collecting books on my favorite Artists by Taschen for a while now. I had this book in smaller soft cover and I wanted to get the hard cover for my coffee table collection. Well, it turns out that my sister who just bought a house was looking for some good hard cover books for her book shelf so poof! All my coffee table collection is gone. The good thing is that when I am visiting her, I can always enjoy it there. Meanwhile I have my soft cover and it is wonderful. All in this series are great books to collect.
B**L
Schiele (25)
A fair representation of the artist's evolution, starting with evidence of his great artistic talent in conventional portraits and ending with cartoonish expressions of unconscious forces with his subjects. His later art fulfilled the purpose of art: to shock. Walking the fuzzy line of pornography was sanctioned by the fashionable interest displayed by the narcissistic elite of 1900 Vienna in the "unconscious" and Sigmund Freud. Unlike portraits of revoltingly ugly naked fat old men favored by his contemporary, Julian Freud, Shiele's work escapes nausea with his fascinating innovative style of draftsmanship. Some of his fine landscapes are included.
C**E
Great for the price!
Was nervous about buying since there weren’t many reviews but this product exceeded my expectations. Really nice for just a basic artist book, and the images colors aren’t distorted.
P**O
In Schiele's Hands
In Shiele's hands is a confident line and an uncensored, cooly critical appraising eye. His self portraits, angular, emaciated, naked place the viewer in the position of voyeur and Schiele the exhibitionist. His rendering of hands are boney, expressive, at times grasping with their black outlines across the body. His female nudes are unforgiving, distorted, fleshy, grotesque and, at times, with a dismemberment that is confronting. His painting, The Embrace, so resembles the work of the much later, Lucien Freud that I would not be surprised if Schiele was one of Freud's artistic influences. This book includes Schiele's early works, the influence of Klimt on his work, his later abstractions and landscapes. The text provides a fascinating insight into this complex artist.
U**R
Inexpensive and very interesting
As it gives you all the information you need, the colour of the pictures are good, after having seen a film about Schiele it will help me to remember different aspects about him. Very pleased with it and happy that I found it on Amazon com.Thank you.UKR
N**Y
I liked it
I'm not an art student, but I'm very interested in turn of the last century Vienna because I am interested in trying to understand the causes of the first world war.
R**B
Five Stars
great pirce e for a very interesting intro to Schiele
M**E
Great book
Great book. Informative and a nice selection of plates. Quick delivery from seller. Very happy.
C**N
Come da descrizione.
Come da descrizione.
A**S
Ein Muss für jede Kunstbibliothek!
Ein Muss für jeden Kunstinteressierten, der etwas für Malerei übrig hat. Die Bilder und die passenden Geschichten zur Autobiographie des Malers sind sehr gut getroffen und erweitern den Horizont eines jeden, der sich für Malerei interessiert! Muss in jede Kunstbibliothek!
S**A
Excelente
Amei demais! Egon Schiele é um dos meus artistas favoritos <3
F**E
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