Gustav Klimt (Baumgarten; 1862 ndash; Vienne; 1918)laquo;Faire un autoportrait ne minteacute;resse pas. Les sujets de peinture qui minteacute;ressent ? Les autres et en particulier les femmeshellip; raquo; Aucune reacute;feacute;rence au monde exteacute;rieur ne vient contrarier le charme des alleacute;gories; portraits; paysages et autres personnages que lartiste peint. Des couleurs et des motifs dinspiration orientale (Klimt a eacute;teacute; tregrave;s influenceacute; par le Japon; lancienne Egypte et la Ravenne byzantine); un espace bidimentionnel deacute;pourvu de profondeur et une qualiteacute; souvent styliseacute;e de limage; autant deacute;leacute;ments utiliseacute;s par le peintre pour creacute;er une oeuvre seacute;duisante; ougrave; le corps de la femme sexpose dans toute sa volupteacute;. A 14 ans; il obtient une bourse dEtat pour entrer agrave; la Kunstgewerbeschule (lEcole viennoise des Arts et Meacute;tiers). Tregrave;s vite; ses talents de peintre et de dessinateur saffirment. Ses toutes remiegrave;res oeuvres lui valent un succegrave;s inhabituellement preacute;coce. Sa premiegrave;re grande initiative date de 1879 : il creacute;e cette anneacute;e-lagrave; la Kuuml;nstlerkompagnie (la compagnie des artistes) avec son fregrave;re Ernst; et Franz Matsch. A Vienne; la fin du XIXe siegrave;cle est une peacute;riode deffervescence architecturale. Lempereur Franccedil;ois- Joseph deacute;cide; en 1857; de deacute;truire les remparts entourant le coeur meacute;dieacute;val de la ville. Le Ring; financeacute; par largent du contribuable; est alors construit : de magnifiques reacute;sidences y cocirc;toient de superbes parcs. Ces changements profitent agrave; Klimt et agrave; ses associeacute;s; leur fournissant de multiples occasions de faire montre de leur talent.En 1897; Klimt; accompagneacute; de quelques amis proches; quitte la tregrave;s conservatrice Kuuml;nstlerhausgenossenschaft (Socieacute;teacute; coopeacute;rative des artistes autrichiens) ; il fonde le mouvement Seacute;cession et en prend la preacute;sidence. La reconnaissance est immeacute;diate. Au-dessus du porche dentreacute;e de leacute;difice; conccedil;u par Joseacute; Maria Olbrich est inscrite la devise du mouvement : laquo;A chaque acirc;ge son art; agrave; lart sa liberteacute;. raquo; A partir de 1897; Klimt passa pratiquement tous ses eacute;teacute;s sur lAttersee; en compagnie de la famille Flouml;ge. Durant ces peacute;riodes de paix et de tranquilliteacute;; il eut loccasion de peindre de nombreux paysages qui constituent un quart de son oeuvre complegrave;te. Klimt exeacute;cute des croquis preacute;paratoires agrave; la plus grande partie de ses reacute;alisations. Parfois; il exeacute;cute plus de cent eacute;tudes pour un seul tableau. Le caractegrave;re exceptionnel de loeuvre de Klimt tient peut-ecirc;tre agrave; labsence de preacute;deacute;cesseurs et de reacute;els disciples. Il admirait Rodin et Whistler sans les copier servilement. En retour; il fut admireacute; par les peintres viennois de la jeune geacute;neacute;ration; tels Egon Schiele et Oskar Kokoschka.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful Book for the "Creative" PhotographerBy Nick D; Arkansas Outdoor Photographers ClubThis book is chock full of so many new ideas for expanding your photographic techniques it may become an indispensable part of your photo equipment. While not detailing every step needed to accomplish every photo technique there are enough references to point the reader in the right direction. Websites; further reading and equipment needed are all covered and all you need otherwise is to be creative yourself; using the ideas in this wonderful book. Chapters on photography using kites or long extension poles expand the photographic universe beyond the conventional. Other chapters on building tilt/shift lens attachments and making images with a low-end scanner show the inventiveness of each contributing author and many of the techniques dont require a huge outlay of money; always welcome in a hobby/profession which can get very expensive; very quickly. Translated from the original German this book loses none of its verve because of that; and the editors have done a great job of illustrating almost all of the techniques used. Whether you want to read the whole book at one time; or delve into an individual chapter bit by bit; the thrill of thinking about new ways to take images will take hold of you. Rarely is an entire book a "must read" but this is one. At the very least it will get you thinking about new ways to take photographs - it might change you entire perspective of how you see the world through a camera lens. I am one of the book reviewers for the Arkansas Outdoor Photographers Club and can highly recommend this book to our members.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Lots of camera hacks for film and digital!By Andris RutinsIf you or any of your photography students has any inclination toward engineering; this book is for you! Its like a short version of taking a class with Andrew David-Hazy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. If you dont know what that means; look it up. I once attended a weekend workshop for photo educators at R.I.T.; and that was a great deal of fun! I dont have the book in front of me at the moment; but I believe David-Hazy was one of the contributors. Another great book along similar lines is this one: Adventures with Pinhole and Homemade Cameras by John Evans. I know David-Hazy helped with that one.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. greatBy VPASAdds ways to get creative with your photographs. most are in camera tricks but a good supplement to any photo enthusiast.
