The lady in gold, the extraordinary tale of Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, by Anne-Marie O'Connor
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The lady in gold, the extraordinary tale of Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, by Anne-Marie O'Connor
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-338) and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
The lady in gold
Nature of contents
bibliography
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727702774
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by Anne-Marie O'Connor
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the extraordinary tale of Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
Summary
Shares the events that shaped the creation of the painter's most famous portrait, covering such topics as the story of the salon hostess who was his model, contributing factors in turn-of-the-century Vienna, and the painting's fate
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Emancipation. Adele's Vienna: poems & privilege ; The king ; Emancipated immigrants ; Wounded creator ; Arranged marriage ; Secession ; Klimt the seducer ; Innocent abroad ; I want to get out ; Adele's Bohemian home ; The empress ; Degenerate women ; Eyes wide shut ; Outsider ; Painted mosaic ; Klimt's women ; Hugs from your Buddha ; The good spirit -- Love & betrayal. Degenerate art ; You are peace ; Unrequited love ; Marie Viktoria ; Maria and Luise ; Stubenbastei ; Housepainter from Austria ; With or without you ; Return of the native ; Love letters from a bride ; Work makes freedom ; Thunder at twilight ; Decent honorable people ; Gay marriage ; Orient Express ; Autograph hunter ; Stealing beauty ; Last of the Bloch-Bauers ; Homecoming ; Führer ; Nazis in the family ; Above the mob ; Viennese Cassandra ; Ferdinand in exile ; The Gutmanns ; The blonde beast ; Love letters from a murderer ; Ferdinand's legacy ; The uses of art ; Nelly ; Immendorf Castle ; Child in the chapel ; Castle of the first Reichsmarschall ; The partisans ; The man without qualities ; Nero decree ; Restitution ; Liberation ; Refugee ; Provenance -- Atonement. Historical amnesia ; Children of Tantalus ; Heirs of history ; Library of theft ; The search for provenance ; I can't afford for you to lose ; How do you solve a problem like Maria ; Klimt's stolen women ; A lost cause célèbre ; Diplomacy ; Family history ; Supreme judgment ; Arbitration ; Ciao Adele ; Friend from Old Vienna ; Patrimony ; Adele's final destiny ; Burden of history ; Art history ; Cultural property ; A reckoning
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