Description:
The Dusseldorf School is renowned around the world, and is today synonymous with high artistic standards and a highly diverse and new approach to the medium of photography. There has been no other art movement since the Bauhaus to possess such a worldwide appeal. This volume traces its ascendancy from the mid-1970s, when husband and wife team Bernd and Hilla Becher gave art photography an institutional roof. Filled with superb reproductions of the artists' best-known pictures, this impeccably bound and printed book offers the first encyclopaedic overview of this important movement.
This large format, magnificently printed volume traces its ascendancy from the mid-1970s, when husband and wife team Bernd and Hilla Becher first gave art photography institutional support and a home. Filled with superb reproductions of three generations of the participating artists best-known photographs, this impeccable survey offers the first thorough overview of this important school, one that dominates the sale-rooms and museums of our times.
Featured Artists:
Bernd & Hilla Becher
Laurenz Berges
Elger Esser
Andreas Gursky
Candida Höfer
Axel Hütte
Simone Nieweg
Thomas Ruff
Jörg Sasse
Thomas Struth
Petra Wunderlich
Publication Date: 2009
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Condition: Very Good
Book Size: 30 x 22.5cm
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 10-0500543569
Description:
The Dusseldorf School is renowned around the world, and is today synonymous with high artistic standards and a highly diverse and new approach to the medium of photography. There has been no other art movement since the Bauhaus to possess such a worldwide appeal. This volume traces its ascendancy from the mid-1970s, when husband and wife team Bernd and Hilla Becher gave art photography an institutional roof. Filled with superb reproductions of the artists' best-known pictures, this impeccably bound and printed book offers the first encyclopaedic overview of this important movement.
This large format, magnificently printed volume traces its ascendancy from the mid-1970s, when husband and wife team Bernd and Hilla Becher first gave art photography institutional support and a home. Filled with superb reproductions of three generations of the participating artists best-known photographs, this impeccable survey offers the first thorough overview of this important school, one that dominates the sale-rooms and museums of our times.
Featured Artists:
Bernd & Hilla Becher
Laurenz Berges
Elger Esser
Andreas Gursky
Candida Höfer
Axel Hütte
Simone Nieweg
Thomas Ruff
Jörg Sasse
Thomas Struth
Petra Wunderlich
Publication Date: 2009
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Condition: Very Good
Book Size: 30 x 22.5cm
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 10-0500543569