Karl Blossfeldt: Alphabet of Plants: Masters of the Camera - Softcover

Blossfeldt, Karl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3829603045 ISBN 13: 9783829603041

Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH, 2007

Synopsis

Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was neither a professional photographer nor a natural scientist. He was a sculptor, amateur photographer, and a professor at Berlin's school of arts and crafts where he taught modeling. His interest in the plant world was of an artistic and didactic nature: he was fascinated by the structure of plants, their organic configuration, and their "lofty artistic form" born "of expediency," which he wanted to illustrate and compare in a photographic style that could be described as strictly objective, almost graphic. His goal was to create a catalogue of forms for the benefit of artists, artisans, and, above all, architects, providing them with a book of instruction and models to guide them in their designs.

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Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was neither a professional photographer nor a natural scientist. He was a sculptor, amateur photographer, and a professor at Berlin's school of arts and crafts where he taught modeling.

Edition details

• Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 3829603045
• ISBN 13: 9783829603041
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Mattenklott Gert, Wilde Ann, Wilde Jurgen