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The glacier's essence : Grönland - Glarus : Kunst, Klima, Wissenschaft = Greenland - Glarus : climate, science, art = Kalaallit Nunaat - Glarus : silap pissusaa, ilisimatuussuseq, eqqumiitsuliorneq / Martin Stützle, Fridolin Walcher ; mit Texten von Nadine Olonetzky [and four others].
Fine Arts Library NC293.S78 A4 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- German
- Kalâtdlisut
- Subjects (All):
- Stützle, Martin.
- Walcher, Fridolin, 1951-.
- Walcher, Fridolin.
- Ice.
- Greenland--Pictorial works.
- Greenland.
- Ice--Greenland--Pictorial works.
- Ice in art.
- Glaciers in art.
- Landscape photography.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 270 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 31 cm + 1 errata leaf (30 x 21 cm)
- Other Title:
- Grönland - Glarus : Kunst, Klima, Wissenschaft
- Greenland - Glarus : climate, science, art
- Kalaallit Nunaat - Glarus : silap pissusaa, ilisimatuussuseq, eqqumiitsuliorneq
- Place of Publication:
- Zürich : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2020]
- Language Note:
- Texts in German, English and Kalaallisut.
- Summary:
- Glaciers in the Alps and on Greenland have been melting away slowly for decades. Global warming has increased the speed of their retreat drastically in recent years. Swiss geophysicist Alfred de Quervain (1879?1927) carried-out the first survey of the Clariden glacier in the Swiss canton of Glarus and initiated and lead important scientific expeditions on Greenland in 1909 and 1912.00Swiss artist Martin Stützle and photographer Fridolin Walcher also link Glarus with Greenland. Both have made the Swiss glaciers the subject of their work and, in May 2018, joined a Swiss research campaign investigating the current state of the glaciers on the world?s largest island. The photographs and prints they produce reflect an intense awareness of scientific facts, yet they strike the viewer emotionally and aesthetically.00This book blends the essence of glaciological and geophysical research with contemporary art and picks up on Alfred de Quervain?s legacy. Prints and photographs are featured alongside three easy-to-read essays offering a concise survey of the findings of the 2018 expedition. A fourth essay comments on Stützle's and Walcher's works and explores current trends in climate art.
- Notes:
- Book has special paperback binding with spine not covered.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Stützle, Martin. Drawings. Selections.
- Walcher, Fridolin, 1951- Photographs. Selections.
- Glacier's essence.
- Glacier's essence. English.
- Glacier's essence. Kalaallisut.
- ISBN:
- 9783858816658
- 3858816655
- OCLC:
- 1140943576
- Publisher Number:
- 9783858816658
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