Attersee by Gustav Klimt Bathroom coming to rest

coming to rest

Nico Tracey approaches the Guggenheim not as a record but as a graphic proposition

Kobayashi Kyochika applies his kosen-ga technique — the fusion of traditional ukiyo-e composition with Western chiaroscuro — to render the fireworks as explosive blooms of light against a deep

Mount Ashitaka rises through layers of atmospheric haze in this portrait-format composition by Hiroaki Takahashi

Birds II places Morris's avian subjects at the centre of a dense

Attersee by Gustav Klimt Bathroom coming to restAttersee is one of Klimt's rare departures from the figure a landscape so saturated with pattern and colour that it nearly abandons depth in favour of surface. The lake, trees and shoreline are compressed into a shimmering vertical field where reflection and solid ground become interchangeable, painted with the same mosaic like handling Klimt brought to his decorative works. The palette deep greens, blues and warm earth tones vibrates against itself