Passionate Modernism. Art That Made a Revolution

Vlada Nikiforova, an art historian and journalist, has rolled back the film of history so that you can participate in the movie 'Then it must have been very interesting in Vienna.' In her author blog @arttours on Telegram, Vlada tells non-trivially about European art and Austrian mentality, being an art mentor for collectors and art lovers around the world. What this book is about: • The book Passionate Modernism. Art That Made a Revolution will introduce you to the art of Vienna in the 1900s. • You will learn how and why such masterpieces of world painting as Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer and The Kiss by Gustav Klimt, Self-Portrait with Physalis by Egon Schiele, the first church in the modern style Am Steinhoff, the square chair by Josef Hoffmann, and much more were created. • You will see the connection between the political problems of the decline of Austria-Hungary, Vienna's culture of pleasure, and the secret vices that have a vivid continuation in modern Austrian art. • You will see how Austrian artists expanded the traditional concept of art; • You will also learn in which modern artists' works modernism has found its continuation. Who this book is for: • For those who want to get closer to the history of Austria-Hungary and modern art; • For those who want to see reproductions of the most famous paintings of Austrian modernists; • For those who want to stroll through the streets of Vienna and enjoy the atmosphere of modernism and the smell of invigorating coffee from an old coffee house. Vlada Nikiforova's book Passionate Modernism. Art That Made a Revolution is a color edition with vivid reproductions, descriptions, and analyses of paintings.