after:ʻTHE KISSʼ, Gustav Klimt - 1908, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria.
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was one of the leaders of the Viennese Secession, an important art movement in Vienna that sought a different direction to the prevailing academic tradition. Like Paris, Vienna was an important centre of the arts and sciences. Musicians, writers and artists mingled with psychiatrists and physicians. Klimtʼs work echoed Renaissance painters such as Botticelli. He became famous for his gold technique and Byzantine imagery, inspired by Italian mosaics from Venice. His work was defined by a refinement of design and patterning, as well as a flattening of the picture plane.
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after: ʻLʼORCHESTRE DE L'OPERAʼ, Edgar Degas - 1868-1869, Musée dʼOrsay, Paris, France.
Edgar Degas gained a reputation for daring compositions and unorthodox viewpoints. In late age, he experimented with new painting and printing techniques and even went so far as to dress a sculpture of a ballerina with a real tutu. He paved the way for the use of unusual materials and the collage technique that would be explored by artists like Braque and Picasso.
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after: ʻSISTINE MADONNAʼ (detail; putto), Rafaello Sanzio, - 1513-1514, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany. On the left you can see the putto, made by Rafaello Sanzio. A putto is a little cupid, or love god. It is capable of making people act impulsively out of blind love.
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A special thanks to James Colman for his support, original ideas and help.