中文简介：

这本制作精美的书籍讲述了克里姆特惊人的艺术生涯，将艺术家置于一个独特的历史时刻，反映了他对生活和美的强烈追求。古斯塔夫·克里姆特（Gustav Klimt）的职业生涯跨越了维也纳黄金时代的最后一刻和现代主义的诞生。通过这个不同的视角来看，就很容易理解为什么他相对较小的作品会产生如此持久的影响。 这本图文并茂的传记探讨了克里姆特工作的独特环境：一个既欣赏又鼓励艺术家教育的社会；一个为华丽的建筑和肖像画倾注资金的城市；一个既尝试又压制思想自由的人群。克里姆特的全部成就都在这里尽数体现——历史和象征主义绘画、建筑装饰、壁画、海报、杂志插图、肖像画和风景画。 读者将了解克里姆特如何驾驭维也纳晚期的复杂建筑，并帮助创立维也纳分离派，他们将看到克里姆特的风格和主题如何在这些年里发生广泛的变化。通过几十幅重要的作品，可以仔细观察克林姆令人眼花缭乱的艺术风格、他对女性性感的深刻理解以及他对色彩和马赛克的出色应用。作者引出了克里姆特绘画的平面和它们所代表的空间之间关系的重要性，从而提出了他的绘画和他在应用艺术方面的技能之间的惊人联系。 本书结构紧凑，令人满意，在不断变化的文化景观中追溯了一位独特的艺术家的轨迹。

英文简介：

The story of Klimt's astonishing artistic career is told in this beautifully produced collection of reproductions, photographs and drawings with an accompanying text that places the artist in a unique historical moment and reflects his fierce appetite for life and beauty.Gustav Klimt's career straddled the last gasps of Vienna's golden age and the birth of modernism. When seen through this bifurcated lens, it is easy to understand why his relatively small oeuvre created such a lasting impact. This gorgeously illustrated biography explores the unique environment in which Klimt worked—a society in which the schooling of artists was both appreciated and encouraged; a city that was pouring money into magnificently ornate architecture and portraiture; a population that was both experimenting with and suppressing freedom of thought. The full breadth of Klimt's accomplishments is represented here—history and symbolist paintings, building decorations, murals, posters, magazine illustrations, portraits, and landscapes. Readers will learn how Klimt navigated the complex architecture of fin-de-siècle Vienna and helped found the Vienna Secession and they will see how Klimt's style and motifs changed extensively through the years. Dozens of key works allow for close inspection of Klimt's dazzling artistry, his profound appreciation of female sensuality and his brilliant application of color and mosaic. The author draws out the importance of the relation between the plane surfaces of Klimt's paintings and the spaces they represent, thereby raising surprising connections between his painting and his skills in the applied arts. Compact and satisfying, this book traces a singular artist's trajectory across an ever-changing cultural landscape.