Gustav Klimt's art is thoroughly fin de siecle. It expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna's upper middle-class society - a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure. This title also discusses the Secession movement and Klimt's role within this important group of artists.

Containing six chapters - The Brucke Group of Artists, Northern German Expressionism, The Blaue Reiter, Rhenish Expressionism, The City and Expressionism in Vienna - this work deals with a German artistic revolution, a phenomenon that has quite accurately been described as the most significant German contribution to 20th century European art.

Presenting a wide range of images embodying the themes of reduction and of clarity through austerity, Minimum draws inspiration from the same sources that have shaped the designs and ideas of objects and buildings for millennia.

Presents the work of Egon Schiele (1890-1918) who, along with Oskar Kokoschka, is the painter who had the most long-lasting influence on the Vienna art scene after Klimt. Schiele questioned the aesthetic orientation of the Viennese Art Nouveau with his rough and not easily accessible paintings.

Egon Schiele, with Oskar Kokoschka, is seen as the most important of the Austrian artists who came after Klimt. This study examines the life and work of Egon Schiele through the major oil paintings and many of his erotic drawings.

A study of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic. It examines German history from 1921 to 1933 in light of such movies as The Cabinet of Dr Caligari , M , Metropolis , and The Blue Angel . It is suitable for the film historian, film theorist, or cinema enthusiast.