Gustav Kilmt - Medicine Flashcards
What materials was medicine created in?
Oil paint on canvas
When was medicine destroyed?
1945
How, and where was medicine destroyed?
By fire at Immendorf Castle in southern Austria by SS forces to stop the painting falling into enemy hands.
Who quoted “ Medicine is a mans struggle to break away from parturition and death, the suffering of life and the finality of death, and the unwillingness to accept that every birth is merely a death sentence.”
Tina Marlowe - Storkovich
Why was medicine controversial?
It showed medicine as a strange mix of symbols and skeletons in an almost pornographic manor, rather than showing medicine as curing and helping people.
The mistletoe the bowl and the serpent are conventional attributes that identify the figure in the lower foreground as…
Hygeia
Who is hygeia?
Daughter of God of medicine Asciepius
What is hygeia the goddess of?
Health, cleanliness and hygiene.
What do the nude figures represent?
The river of life
What did the agreement for the canvas require that it included?
A large central canvas representing the enlightenment theme of light over darkness.
4 encompassing pictures to personify the faculties of the university
What were the faculties of the university?
Philosophy medicine jurisprudence (law) and theology
No picture produced for theology only the other 3.
Where was the painting to be placed?
Ceiling painting to go in the graduation hall at the university of Vienna.
Why was the painting not suitable for display at the university.
It was deemed to be excessively perverted and pornographic
What size was medicine?
430x300 cm
What is the Vienna secession?
A group of artists who broke away (seceded) from the association of Austrian artists
When did the Vienna secession take place?
1897
Which artists did the Vienna secession include?
Gustav Klimt, Joseph Maria Olbrich and Josef Hoffmann
Why is the image of medicine in black and white?
The original was destroyed in a fire and only a photo taken just before medicine was destroyed remains.
Where was medicine and other works requested for in 1904?
The Lousianna purchase exposition - but the paintings were declined
When did medicine come into property of a Jewish family?
1911
When was the painting seized by Germany?
1938
Gustav Kilmt was associated with art movement?
Art nouveau
What is art nouveau?
Decorative art, architecture, design prominent in Western Europe and USA. Characterised by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms. Aimed at modernising designs and and escaping the varied historical styles that had previously been popular.
When did art nouveau start and finish?
1896-1914 (ww1)
Why were the faculty paintings attacked by critics?
Because the paintings broke cultural taboos and contradicted the trends of the era “ to channel reality and only present its more favourable aspects.” -(neret)
Name 3 things to show the time period of 1900 was a time of change?
Kodak launches brownie box camera for $1, Le Metro underground opens in Paris and CocaCola comes to Europe.
Who was medicine produced by?
Gustav Klimt
When was medicine created?
1900 -1907
