Egon Schiele's Portraits
Title | Egon Schiele's Portraits PDF eBook |
Author | Alessandra Comini |
Publisher | |
Pages | 568 |
Release | 2014-08 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781632930125 |
Egon Schiele was a meteor that flashed across the galaxy of Viennese art at the beginning of the last century. Although he lived only twenty-eight years-dying quite suddenly of influenza in 1918 just as World War I came to an end-he left a stunning pictorial oeuvre. Schiele's obsession with sexuality, his own and that of others, made him at once a voyeur and a participant in that sexual imperative which Freud was simultaneously plumbing with such unsettling results. The disturbing revelations of Schiele's unmasking portraiture and of the new science of psychology disclosed a collective cultural anxiety during the last years of the crumbling Austrian empire. As a seer into the souls of his sitters, Schiele redefined portraiture in the age of Angst. Alessandra Comini is University Distinguished Professor of Art History Emerita at Southern Methodist University, where she taught for thirty-one years after having served on the faculty at Columbia University for ten years. She is the author of eight books, one of which, "Egon Schiele's Portraits," was nominated for the National Book Award. The Republic of Austria extended her its Grand Decoration of Honor in 1990. This is her third book on the artist; she has also published "Schiele in Prison," an extended essay and English translation of the 1912, makeshift diary Schiele kept during his twenty-four days in a provincial prison cell-a forgotten cell which she discovered and photographed in 1963. The cell is now part of a Schiele Museum in the village of Neulengbach. Her 2014 Megan Crespi mystery novel, "Killing for Klimt," is followed by "The Schiele Slaughters."
Egon Schiele
Title | Egon Schiele PDF eBook |
Author | Tobias Günter Natter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9783836546126 |
A century after his death, Egon Schiele continues to stun with his contorted lines, distorted bodies, and eroticism. This XXL-sized book features the complete catalogue of his paintings from 1909-1918. Nearly 600 illustrations are presented, many of them newly photographed, alongside expert insights and Schiele's personal writings in this...
Egon Schiele
Title | Egon Schiele PDF eBook |
Author | Egon Schiele |
Publisher | Prestel Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Artists, Austrian |
ISBN | 9783791351094 |
This work traces Schiele's development as a portraitist through four principal chronological phases, from 1906 through 1918. Starting with the artists rigorous training at the Vienna Academy, it chronicles Schiele's eventual break with academia and the emergence of his Expressionistic style.
Egon Schiele, the Complete Works
Title | Egon Schiele, the Complete Works PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Kallir |
Publisher | ABRAMS |
Pages | 687 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780810938021 |
Egon Schiele's Portraits
Title | Egon Schiele's Portraits PDF eBook |
Author | Alessandra Comini |
Publisher | |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780520017269 |
"The meaning of portraiture in the egocentric and erotic culture of Vienna at the end of the Hapsburg Empire frames Alessandra Comini's definitive, lavishly illustrated study of the art of Egon Schiele (1890-1918). Comini analyzes Schiele's work in the context of Viennese Expressionism, rising existential consciousness, and the unique ambiance of Vienna. The human figure forms the most compelling motif in Schiele's oeuvre, which is comprised of hundreds of oils and thousands of drawings. Numerous self-portraits record emotional states, reflect major stylistic changes, and provide a brilliant focus for this examination of his art and his life.
Between Ruin and Renewal
Title | Between Ruin and Renewal PDF eBook |
Author | Professor Kimberly A Smith |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0300097484 |
Smith takes a provocative look at the fascinating and beautiful landscapes painted by Austrian artist Egon Schiele (1890-1918), renowned for his intensely confrontational portraits, self-portraits, erotic images, and allegories. 90 illustrations, 50 in color.
Egon Schiele
Title | Egon Schiele PDF eBook |
Author | Danielle Knafo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Study of the work of the Australian artist