*some wear to cover & minor page separation from cover (see pic) it doesn’t effect the binding. Otherwise very clean copy, beautiful prints. Exquisitely patterned backgrounds, jewelled, elaborate female portraits, and rich, exotic influences characterize the best of Klimt's paintings, in which he captured vividly the sumptuous artificiality of late nineteenth-century Vienna. This lavishly illustrated new book examines Klimt's flamboyant work, his influences and his complex private life. A new full-colour reference library of the world's greatest art High-quality reproductions of some of the most important and lesser known works 8 superb colour prints featured at the back of the book