by Bernhard Barta · Brandstätter Verlag, Wien, München · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783850331654
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«Künstler und Kaiser im Salzkammergut» is the historical essay by Bernhard Barta, published by Brandstätter Verlag in paperback (206 pages, in German).
The book gathers anecdotes of the Salzkammergut as a summer destination for artists and aristocracy: Gustav Klimt, Emperor Franz Joseph, Johann Strauß and other names of cultural life sought inspiration and rest there. Besides narrating those stays, the work offers cultural and culinary tips and proposes walks through the settings they frequented.
The volume, published in 2008, includes contributions by Lothar Schultes and photographs by Andreas Nader; on the cover, Bernhard Barta appears as editor (Hg.).
A read for those interested in Central European cultural history, Emperor Franz Joseph and artists such as Gustav Klimt.
