{"product_id":"9783836504423","title":"Schiele","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNaked truth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRadical and all-revealing figures\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his graphic style, figural distortion, and defiance of conventional standards of beauty, \u003cb\u003eEgon Schiele\u003c\/b\u003e (1890–1918) was a \u003cb\u003epioneer of Austrian Expressionism\u003c\/b\u003e and one of the most \u003cb\u003estartling portrait painters\u003c\/b\u003e of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMentored by Gustav Klimt, Schiele dabbled in a glittering Art Nouveau style before developing his own much more \u003cb\u003egritty and confrontational aesthetic of sharp lines, lurid shades, and mannered, elongated figures.\u003c\/b\u003e His prolific portraits and self-portraits stunned the Viennese establishment with an \u003cb\u003eunprecedented psychological and sexual intensity\u003c\/b\u003e, favoring \u003cb\u003eerotic, exposing, or unsettling poses\u003c\/b\u003e in which he or his sitters cower on the floor, languish with legs akimbo, glower at the viewer, and thrust their genitalia into the foreground. His models are at times skeletal and sickly, at others strong and sensual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany contemporaries found Schiele’s work to be not only ugly but \u003cb\u003emorally objectionable\u003c\/b\u003e, and in 1912, the artist was briefly \u003cb\u003eimprisoned for obscenity\u003c\/b\u003e. Today, his oeuvre is celebrated for its \u003cb\u003erevolutionary approach to the human figure\u003c\/b\u003e and for its direct and particularly fervent, almost furious, brand of draughtsmanship. This book presents key Schiele works to introduce his short but urgent career and his \u003cb\u003eprofound contribution to the development of modern art\u003c\/b\u003e, which reaches right through to such contemporary talents as Tracey Emin and Jenny Saville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the series:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e a concise biography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052583633136,"sku":"9783836504423","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836504423_p0.jpg?v=1769887887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836504423","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}