Die Kunst der abstrakten Fotografie = The art of abstract photography / Gottfried Jäger (ed.) ; Vladimír Birgus ... [et al. ; Übersetzungen, Ariane Kossack ... and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jäger, Gottfried.

Birgus, Vladimír.

Fachhochschule Bielefeld.

Kunsthalle Bielefeld.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Photography, Abstract--Congresses.

Photography, Abstract.

Photography, Abstract--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

319 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Art of abstract photography

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart : Arnoldsche, [2002]

Summary:

Abstract Photography - a genre developed in the early 20th century by international avantgarde artists like Man Ray, Laszlo and Paul Strand - has been little acknowledged as a type of imagery and art in its own right so far. It is the opposite of realistic photography and does not focus on a tangible object. As a distinctive part of the fine arts it has its own specific subjects, forms and functions. This book is the first full-length account of the historic and contemporary trends and theories of abstract photography.

Notes:

"This publication ... is the result of the 21st Bielefeld Symposium on Photography and Media held under the title 'Abstract Photography: The Visibility of the Image' at the Fachhochschule Bielefeld, University of Applied Sciences, in December 2000. In conjunction with the symposium, the Kunsthalle Bielefeld presented the ... exhibition on Abstract Photography ..."--P. 7.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-303) and indexes.

ISBN:

3897900157

OCLC:

50254461