The best of Klimt's drawings and watercolors, beautifully reproduced in full color. There is no doubt about Gustav Klimt's greatness as a draftsman. Remarkable above all is the intensely sensual mood that he establishes in his limpid, fluid drawings and watercolors: the pencil or crayon line with which his subjects are described explores and caresses as though the act of drawing was itself a seduction. Klimt's drawings are often highly erotic and explicit, many to such an extent that they have rarely been reproduced. This has made for an unbalanced representation of his work as a draftsman, and a comprehensive survey of his graphic output is long overdue. Rainer Metzger, a noted art historian, has brought together hundreds of Klimt's drawings and watercolors in a way that enriches our knowledge of the artist and enhances the visual impact of his oeuvre. Klimt's drawings and studies, and his elegantly direct and dangerously intoxicating preparatory sketches, reveal the underlying impetus for and structure of his elaborate canvases. 307 color illustrations.

《古斯塔夫·克里姆特:新艺术主义大师》可以说是一幅奥地利艺术家古斯塔夫。克里姆特（1862年－1918年）的华丽的肖像画，贯穿了他的整个艺术生涯。他的画色彩明艳，注重细节，突出情色和神秘。他在世时，他的艺术常因主题过于大胆，甚至可以说反常而遭到抨击，但如今，他却被公认为是维也纳最重要的画家。克里姆特是新艺术风格的领军人物，充满活力，生活精彩.他是维也纳分裂派运动的发起人之一，加入维也纳工作联盟，同时也是一位成功的肖像画家和风景画家。书中大量的克里姆特精美作品将带你领略这位伟大画家的整个艺术生涯，并与维也纳文化、政治、艺术运动相结合，深度剖析他的著名画作，包括《贝多芬之墙》，漂亮的肖像画作品如《阿德勒.布洛赫.鲍尔的肖像》和《吻》。《古斯塔夫·克里姆特:新艺术主义大师》也选取了克里姆特同时代的画家们和他的学生们如埃贡.席勒和马克斯.克林格的作品。他们是克里姆特倡导的分裂派运动的拥护者，他们的作品也许会让你更加了解克里姆特及其艺术。