Klimt
Golden art nouveau
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter (1862–1918) who founded the Vienna Secession movement and became known for ornate, gold-leafed works blending symbolism with eroticism.
His most famous painting, *The Kiss*, depicts an embracing couple in elaborate robes.
As an adjective, Klimt-like or Klimtian describes art with similar decorative excess: The mural had a Klimt quality—all gold leaf and intertwined figures.
Applying decorative gold coating
- gold leafUltra-thin decorative metal
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
Byzantine · Ravenna · shimmer · luster · decorative · filigree · precious · metallic
Female given name
- fin-de-siècleCentury's closing period
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- Austro-HungarianFormer Central European empire
- AustriaCentral European alpine republic
Danube · coffeehouse · Freud · Mahler
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- aestheticismValuing beauty above ethics
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
serpents · femme fatale · Eros · Judith · Salome · tree of life · Philosophy · dreamlike
Temporary child caretaker
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- gazeFixed, intent look
bourgeoisie · expression · aristocracy · muse · society ladies · intimacy · psychological
gilding
Applying decorative gold coating
- gold leafUltra-thin decorative metal
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
opulence · Byzantine · Ravenna · shimmer · luster · decorative · filigree · precious · metallic · gleam
Albertina
Female given name
- fin-de-siècleCentury's closing period
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- Austro-HungarianFormer Central European empire
Austria · Danube · coffeehouse · Freud · Mahler
allegory
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- aestheticismValuing beauty above ethics
decadence · serpents · femme fatale · Eros · Judith · Salome · tree of life · Philosophy · dreamlike · erotic
sitter
Temporary child caretaker
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- commissionPayment for services rendered
gaze · bourgeoisie · expression · aristocracy · muse · society ladies · intimacy · psychological
The Kiss
Famous sculpture of lovers
- HopeFeminine given name
- PhilosophyStudy of fundamental questions
- Modern ArtistsPicasso, Pablo Picasso, Matisse, Pollock, Warhol
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Da Vinci, Dali
- art historyart history, Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism, modern art
- Modern Artcubism, Cubism, Fauvism, dadaism, Dadaism
KlimtFrancis Bacon
Edvard Munch · minimalism · Die Brücke · brutalism · Abstract Expressionism
Klimtsocial realism
Unidealized portrayal of workers' lives
Goya · Piet Mondrian · minimalism · industrial art · Hieronymus Bosch
KlimtBauhaus
Influential modernist design school
functionalism · Dada · anti-art · Marcel Duchamp · Kazimir Malevich