Whitford, Frank. Libros

Resumen: Un siglo despues, los cuadros de Gustav Klimt siguen resultando tan sensuales y ambiguos como en el momento de su creación. Sus relatos femeninos presentan un erotismo poderoso y unas connotaciones alegoricas que no han sido superadas. en este documentado trabajo, Frank Whitfort pasa revista a los diferentes episodios de la vida del gran pintor austriaco : sus años en la academia de arte, su prodigioso talento como dibujante, las controvertidas pinturas que realizo para la universidad, su participación en la fundación de la Asociación Austriaca de Artistas Visuales - La secesion-, sui apoyo a Kokoschka o su reputación de mujeriego ... Simultaneamente nos presenta, a traves de escritos de Schnitzler, Stefan Zweig, Hermann Broch o Karl Kraus, el apasionante devenir de la Viena de los ultimos años del imperio austro-hungaro

Introducing the concepts and techniques of art as well as the work of some of history's most celebrated artists, this book is a triumph of paper engineering, using flaps, pop-ups and 3D models to demonstrate key ideas. Including a separate activity book, the set is ostensibly aimed at older children but is an entertaining look at the history of art for people of any age. Age 9+

An accessible history of the Bauhaus, tracing the ideas behind its conception and its highly influential teaching methods. The aesthetic of our contemporary environment, including everything from housing estates to furniture and newspapers, is partly the result of a school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919, the Bauhaus. While in operation for only fourteen years, shut down by the Nazis in 1933, the school left an indelible mark on design and the practice of art education throughout the world. Placing Bauhaus into its sociohistorical context, Frank Whitford traces the ideas behind the school’s conception and describes its teaching methods. He examines the activities of the teachers—who included eminent artists such as Paul Klee, Josef Albers, and Wassily Kandinsky—and the daily lives of the students. Reissued and revised to mark the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus, this is an accessible introduction to perhaps the most significant design movement of the last hundred years.

Egon Schiele (1890-1918) fue un pionero del expresionismo vienés y un notable retratista del siglo XX. Su estilo provocador y su rechazo a las convenciones de belleza desafiaron a la sociedad de su tiempo. Este libro explora su carrera intensa y su impacto en el arte moderno, influyendo en artistas contemporáneos como Tracey Emin y Jenny Saville.