austrian artists the kiss Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/austrian-artists-the-kiss Sun, 13 Nov 2016 17:40:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 THE VISUAL ARTS OF AUSTRIA http://travelsfinders.com/the-visual-arts-of-austria.html http://travelsfinders.com/the-visual-arts-of-austria.html#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:48:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=224334 THE VISUAL ARTS OF AUSTRIA Landlocked in the middle of Europe and rolling with cash, the Habsburgs mar ried into power and bought into art. Truly Austrian art emerged in the works of Gustav Klimt and his followers, who founded the Secession movement. Secession ists sought to create space and appreciation for symbolism, Impressionism, and other artistic styles. This can be seen in Klimt’s later paintings, such as The Kiss (1908), which combine naturalistic portraits with abstractly pat terned backgrounds. Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele revolted against “art qua art,” seeking to present the energy formerly concealed behind the Secession’s

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