Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. In close collaboration with artists, galleries, and museums we are publishing books on the leading topics, manifestations, and protagonists in contemporary art. We also offer a diverse collection of vinyl records, art, textiles, ephemera and more. Blossfeldt, who studied sculpture and iron casting but had no formal training in photography, built a camera to magnify his subjects. There is a list of species that are illustrated with page numbers. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid.
Blossfeldt made many of his photographs with a homemade camera that could magnify the subject up to thirty times its size, revealing details within a plants natural structure. Oct 01, 2009 german to english translation required. Nature aesthetics, design, decorative, decorative design, decoration and ornament, plant forms, photography of plants. Karl blossfeldt june, 1865 december 9, 1932age 67 was a german photographer, sculptor, teacher, and artist who worked in berlin, germany. In this book he confronts the female nude with pictures of nature. This is a wonderful book, in the public domain, which features all sorts of illustrations of the natural world. The timess art critics select 26 of their favorite art books and books related. English below andrea joosten wir trauern um annedorothee doro bohme. The center for book arts promotes active explorations of artistic practices related to the book as an art object. He was inspired, as was his father, by nature and the ways in which plants grow. He used photography in the early days but his images are still powerful today.
Blossfeldt, who studied sculpture and iron casting but had no formal training in photography, built a camera. Panoply books offers unusual, offbeat, rare and outofprint quality used books. I just converted them into zoomable images for my and maybe your enjoyment. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. It discusses his pivotal intervention in the life of the bauhaus, where dexel was a student. Prestel publishing, new york and london, is one of the worlds leading publishers in the fields of art, architecture, photography, fashion, design, street art, and.
Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. First edition, sixth printing one of the most influential photographic books. If youre doing some research for organic shapes, this book is a nice place to start. Prestel publishing, books on art, architecture, design and. Karl blossfeldt was a german photographer known for his magnified blackandwhite images of plants and flowers. The cologne art book fair tcabf hat sich seit dem startschuss 2015 zu einer in nrw einzigartigen, internationalen plattform fur. Refer yourself to the link above for information about which organisms are depicted on the plates. Karl blossfeldt june, 1865 december 9, 1932 was a german photographer, sculptor, teacher, and artist who worked in berlin, germany. Ernst haeckel published as 2 sammlungen of 50 plates each in 11 lieferungen, the last entitled supplement and consisting of 51 p.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sleaford mods tour diarymaking of bunch of kunst by christine franz ox fanzine. In berlin during the 1920s, karl blossfeldt produced over 6000 botanical photographs. It reminds us to look at the ordinary and realize the immanent wonder. Angelo ricciardi a story in six words 2015 a story in six words by angelo ricciardi. All of blossfeldts published photographs have been collected in the highly recommended 2014 book from taschen, karl blossfeldt. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Martin parr, the photobook, vol 1, page 96 andrew roth, the book of 101 books, page 48 the open book, hasselblad center, page 6667 802 photo books. Illustrierte zeitschrift fur angewandte kunst, volume 9 full view 1906. Karl blossfeldts magnificent collection of plant pictures shows us nature in all its beauty but also in all its fragility. Please click on each image to enlarge and for prices. Keeping its sought ambivalence between literary and visual work and using only six simple words, this tale builds an exercise of videowriting based on the assonance of the words and on a story that can be reconstructed only. These documentary images were the product of thirty years teaching at the berlin school of applied arts, which. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Artists books or book arts are works of art that utilize the form of the book. Check out all of the spectacular designs or make your own. In good original condition, with consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina with some scratches. Karl blossfeldt art forms in nature 1929 available. With over 10 million books on wordery, all with free worldwide delivery, were dedicated to helping fellow bookworms find the right books at the lowest prices. General research division, the new york public library. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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