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PublisherVerlag Der Buchhandlung Walther König
ISBN-103865602983
ISBN-139783865602985
eBay Product ID (ePID)64183090
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Book TitleGerhard Richter: Zufall : the Cologne Cathedral Window and 4900 Colours
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndividual Artists / General
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorGerhard Richter
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length10.2 in
Item Width8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-461767
Number of Volumes1 vol.
SynopsisThis volume documents Gerhard Richter's 65-foot-tall, abstract, stained-glass window for Germany's historic Cologne Cathedral, the original of which was destroyed by bombs in World War II, and thereafter replaced with clear glass. Composed of more than 11,000 four-inch squares, or "pixels," in 72 colors, the window is based on Richter's 1974 painting, "4096 Colors," a grid of monochromatic squares 64 tall and 64 wide (for a total of 4096 squares) which was organized and designed according to a mathematical formula that systematically mixed red, yellow, blue and gray. Photographs of the work are accompanied by three essays that integrate this important work into the context of Richter's oeuvre and shed light on the principle of randomness on which it is based. Gerhard Richter was born in Dresden and escaped to West Germany in 1961. He has lived and worked in Cologne, where he was made an honorary citizen last year, since the early 1980s., A collection of wonderful, celebratory quotes on turning 50—as Michelle Pfeiffer says, "If you think hitting forty is liberating, wait till you hit fifty." "I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent." —Wendy Cope You're halfway to scoring a century but the best half is yet to come! It's taken you 50 years to look this fabulous so celebrate in style with these gutsy quips and quotes from daring demi-centenarians.
LC Classification NumberND588
Text byPelzer, Birgit, Butin, Hubertus, Schock-Werner, Barbara, Diederichs, Stephan
