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ISBN-103836550725
ISBN-139783836550727
eBay Product ID (ePID)175816498
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Book TitleKarl Blossfeldt. the Complete Published Work
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndividual Photographers / Monographs, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, History, Decorative Arts
Publication Year2014
GenreDesign, Photography
AuthorHans Christian Adam
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight37.9 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.8 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsIt would be only a slight exaggeration to say that photographers in the know have been waiting for this book.
Edition DescriptionMultilanguage edition
SynopsisGerman photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself. Over more than 30 years, he took thousands of photographs, revealing a formally rigorous talent whose precision and dedication bridge the 19th- and 20th-century worlds of image-making and bring a distinctly sculptural aspect to a firmly two-dimensional art form. Beautifully but starkly composed against plain cardboard backgrounds, Blossfeldt's images, relying on a northern light for their sense of volume, reveal nothing of the man but everything of themselves. They are still lifes, piercingly final statements on their subject, and have endured owing to their aesthetics and the ongoing fascination of students and photographers. Like their maker, they are quietly and lastingly effective., Karl Blossfeldt's monochrome photographs present semiabstracted studies of diverse flora, bridging the 19th- and 20th-century worlds of image-making and bringing a distinctly sculptural aspect to a two-dimensional medium. This volume collects all known published images, each one still beautifully idiosyncratic, capturing the innate visual poetry and formal elegance of plants.
