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The lady in gold : the extraordinary tale of Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

text The lady in gold : the extraordinary tale of Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

Summary

Shares the events that shaped the creation of the painter's most famous portrait, covering such topics as the story of the salon hostess who was his model, contributing factors in turn-of-the-century Vienna, and the painting's fate.

Contents
Emancipation. Adele's Vienna : poems and privilege ; The king ; Emancipated immigrants ; The wounded creator ; Arranged marriage ; The secession ; Klimt the seducer ; An innocent abroad ; "I want to get out" ; Adele's "Bohemian home" ; The empress... Read more
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Description
xviii, 349 pages : illustrations ;25 cm
Publisher
Knopf 2012

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 759.36 OCO in Adult Non-fiction Available

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