Abstract: If we survey European painting at the turn of the century, on the eve of cubism, we find two painters, Mikhail Vrubel and Gustav Klimt, who stand out by virtue of the originality of their vision. Each was recognised during his lifetime as the greatest painter of his generation by his fellow countrymen. While social structure does not and cannot explain the appearance of genius, the stylistic similarities between the artists are related to the similarities of the social structures in Moscow and Vienna, the cities with which they are associated, and in which they did their best work.KeywordsCultural HistoryPatriarchal SocietyFellow CountrymanAesthetic IssueEasel PaintingThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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