内容简介
EgonSchielelivedinViennaduringthelastyearsofthedecliningHabsburgEmpire.Rejectedbyhisfamily,houndedbysocietyforhisinterestinyounggirls,heexpressedthroughhisartadeepandbewilderinglonelinessandanobsessionwithsexuality,deathanddecay.Hewasonlytwenty-eightwhenhedied,yetheleftbehindhimabodyofworkthatsustainsahugepublicreputation--andamyth.Thisbooksetsouttoexamineboth.151illus.,20incolor.
作者简介
FrankWhitfordwasbornin1941andeducatedatWadhamCollege,Oxford,theCourtauldInstitute,LondonandtheFreieUniversitat,WestBerlin.Afteracareerasajournalistandacartoonist,hetaughtatUniversityCollegeLondon,andtheninCambridge,whereheisstillattachedtoWolfsonCollege.Wellknownasabroadcasterandlecturer,hewasformanyyearsTutorinCulturalHistoryattheRoyalCollegeofArt,London.HisotherbooksincludeKlimtandBauhaus(alsointheWorldofArtSeries);OskarKokoschka,ALife;ExpressionistPaintingsandtheprize-winningJapanesePrintsandWesternPainters.