Onze boeken

Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

Door John Szarkowski

Categorie
Fotografie (Kunst)
Boeknummer
#420046-KE47
Titel
Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Auteur
Szarkowski, John
Boektype
Paperback
Druk
2e druk
Uitgeverij
New York : The Museum of Modern Art
Jaar van uitgave
1974
ISBN10
0870705148
ISBN13
9780870705144
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with numerous photographs in b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting
Originally published in 1973, this marvelous collection of photographs with accompanying texts by the revered late Museum of Modern Art photography curator John Szarkowski has long been recognized as a classic. Reissued in 1999-with new digital duotones-this volume is now available to a new generation of readers. "This is a picture book, and its first purpose is to provide the material for simple delectation," says Szarkowski in his introduction to this first survey of The Museum of Modern Art's photography collection. A visually splendid album, the book is both a treasury of remarkable photographs and a lively introduction to the aesthetics and the historical development of photography. Since 1930, when the Museum accessioned its first photograph, it has assembled an extraordina... (Lees verder)ry and wide-ranging collection of pictures for preservation, study and exhibition. Among the outstanding figures represented here are Hill and Adamson, Cameron, O'Sullivan, Atget, Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand, Weston, Kertesz, Evans, Cartier-Bresson, Lange, Brassai, Ansel Adams, Shomei Tomatsu, Frank, Arbus and Friedlander. Some of these photographs are classics, familiar and well-loved favorites, many are surprising, little-known works by the masters of the art.
Pagina's
224
Conditie
Redelijk — Spine and edges cover discoloured; edges and corners cover worn; corners cover creased.
Prijs
€ 10,00

Onze gebruikte boeken verkeren in goede tweedehands staat, tenzij hierboven anders beschreven. Kleine onvolkomenheden zijn niet altijd vermeld.