Gustav Klimt and Modern Portraiture

In 1907, Gustav Klimt finished Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. The portrait offers a strong opposition between the three dimensionality of the sitter's face and hands and the flatness of her ornamented dress and surroundings. Despite this opposition the portrait has not been discussed within t...

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Main Author: Pettersen, Hanne Hagen
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2006
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd_retro/65
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1064&context=etd_retro