1. Головна
2. Книги
3. Prestel International
4. The Women of Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka

Про книгу

Female portraits and nudes, mothers & children, and couples by the three most outstanding painters of Viennese modernism. In the early 20th century, the traditional relationship between the sexes was challenged by a number of social, economic,

and philosophical changes. It was above all the incipient

development towards gender equity that provoked vehement

counter-arguments. On the other hand, sexual liberation can

be seen as a common goal of men and women, since they

both sought to escape the restrictive moral taboos of the 19th

century. Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka―then

the three most outstanding painters of Viennese modernism―

approached the subject matter generally referred to as the

“woman question” from slightly different, albeit overlapping

perspectives. The book will present an in-depth exploration of

these differences and similarities.