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Antlitz der Zeit
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Portraits
A collection of celebrity portraits--of figures including Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Anthony Burgess, Brassai, Sophia Loren, Julian Schnabel, and Grace Jones--by the eminent and provocative photographer
Helmut Newton, Archives de Nuit
This book gets its name from 60 unusually dark and cryptic photographs. When Newton opened his "Archives of the Night" in the 90's, gloomy images emerged like flocks of bats. His famous "Domestic Nudes" appeared in pairs and tableaus together with sinister landscapes. Palace architecture was displayed next to morbid vanitas paintings as were bodies cut open from an anatomical museum of wax figures, placed on show alongside a portrait of a Dracula star putting on his make-up. With the Archives, Newton, who decided on the placement of these works himself, showed us his dark side. But at the same time, he was amusing himself with grey areas - also typical for Newton. The juxtaposition of seemingly disparate motifs created new and enigmatic relationships that oscillate between satire and poetry, brutality and gentleness, irony and pathos.
The Düsseldorf School of Photography
Now reissued in an attractively priced, compact edition, this classic and authoritative survey is the first detailed account of a seminal era in photographic history. Inspired and guided by Bernd and Hiller Becher, themselves pioneers in the area of documentary photography, the artists of Germany’s Düsseldorf School not only pushed the boundaries of their teachers’ practice, but also ushered in three generations of technical and compositional achievement that is rivalled in importance only by the arrival of color photography. This book introduces readers to the historic, cultural, and scientific environments in which the Bechers’ practice thrived. It explores the teaching philosophies with which they encouraged their students, and considers the qualities that highlight the Düsseldorf School: intricate detail, large scale, painterly distance combined with an immersive quality. The plate section, organized by artist, features 160 beautifully reproduced images by Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Thomas Ruff, Candida Höfer, Axel Hütte, Laurenz Berges, Elger Esser, Simone Nieweg, Jörg Sasse, and Petra Wunderlich.
Confessions of an Old Jewish Painter
R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007) is one of the most intriguing 20th century artists. Kitaj left behind a manuscript unmatched among 20th-century artist autobiographies -- Confessions of an Old Jewish Painter. Eloquently describing his vices and sufferings, it stands in the traditions of both St. Augustine and Thomas de Quincey.
Deer and People
Deer have been central to human cultures throughout time and space: whether as staples to hunter-gatherers, icons of Empire, or the focus of sport. Their social and economic importance has seen some species transported across continents, transforming landscape as they went with the establishment of menageries and park. The fortunes of other species have been less auspicious, some becoming extirpated, or being in threat of extinction, due to pressures of over-hunting and/or human-instigated environmental change. In spite of their diverse, deep-rooted and long standing relations with human societies, no multi-disciplinary volume of research on cervids has until now been produced. This volume d...
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Sehen und Photographie
Wie sehen wir, was sehen wir? Wir wissen heute, dass das Sehen ein sehr komplexer Prozess von Auge und Gehirn ist und damit stellen sich auch neue Fragen an die Rezeption von Bildern. Bilder haben ihre Eigengesetzlichkeit, sie buhlen um unsere Aufmerksamkeit und unsere Zuwendung. Wann und wie können sie unsere visuelle Wahrnehmung aktivieren ? Die aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuauflage behandelt u.a. die Spiegelneuronen, mit deren Entdeckung die Interaktion von Bild und Betrachter, von Nachempfindung und Emotionen zur Diskussion gestellt werden. Auch unser Verständnis von Kunst wird dadurch beeinflusst. Die Photographie als erstes apparatives Bildmedium – und in der Folge Film, Video, Fernsehen, WWW und digitale Medien - hat unsere Bilderwelt verändert. Die spekulative Parallele zwischen Auge und Kamera, die Bild und Realität gleichsetzt, hat viele Aspekte. Das menschliche Sehen und die Kameraaufzeichnung arbeiten nach unterschiedlichen Strategien und Mechanismen und die Gestaltung und Wirkung von Bildern hängen maßgeblich davon ab. An vielen Bildbeispielen kann getestet werden, was wir sehen und wie wir sehen.
2022/2023
Die bewährte Dokumentation der zeitgenössischen deutschsprachigen Literaturszene umfasst über 9.000 Einträge lebender Verfasserinnen und Verfasser schöngeistiger Literatur in deutscher Sprache: Adressen, Lebensdaten, Mitgliedschaften, Auszeichnungen sowie 140.000 Veröffentlichungen; im Anhang u. a.: Übersetzer, Verlage, Literaturpreise, Fachverbände, Literaturhäuser, Zeitschriften, Agenturen; Festkalender, Nekrolog, geographische Übersicht.
