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A class of their own : the Düsseldorf School of Photography
- Title
- A class of their own : the Düsseldorf School of Photography / Maren Polte ; translated by John R.J. Eyck.
- Author
- Polte, Maren
- Publication
- Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Eyck, John R. J.
- Description
- 251 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
- Summary
- The 'Düsseldorf School' has become a household name in the art world for one of the most successful and influential strains of modern photography. Coined in the late 1980s, the name refers mainly to the pioneer group of students of the late Bernd Becher, who in 1976 became the first professor for creative photography at a German arts academy. His students included Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Axel Hütte, Thomas Ruff, and Thomas Struth, all of them today internationally acclaimed artists in their own right. Whereas 'Düsseldorf School' initially was used as a handy term for a group of artists with the same university's background, it quickly turned into a powerful brand name both in critical and commercial contexts. Despite its welcomed impact on the art scene, the members of the 'School' felt rather ambiguous about their perception as a group which turned them into stars but simultaneously risked levelling individual profiles and differences. What exactly connects and distinguishes them aesthetically is for the first time thoroughly explored in Maren Polte's pioneering study.
- Series Statement
- Lieven Gevaert series ; vol. 24
- Uniform Title
- Klasse Bilder. English
- Lieven Gevaert series ; v. 24.
- Alternative Title
- Klasse Bilder.
- Subjects
- Becher, Hilla
- Photography
- Becher, Bernd, 1931-2007
- Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Influence
- Becher, Hilla > Influence
- Photography > Germany
- Photography > History
- Becher, Bernd, 1931-2007 > Influence
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Germany
- Photography, Artistic
- History
- Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Translation of: Klasse Bilder: Die Fotografieästhetik der "Becher-Schule".
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250).
- Language (note)
- Translated from German.
- Contents
- Bernd and Hilla Becher -- Foundations of the Düsseldorf School -- Development of pictorial rhetorics -- Reflexive and self-referential aesthetics -- Tradition -- Principle and difference.
- Call Number
- JQE 18-286
- ISBN
- 9789462701045
- 9462701040
- OCLC
- 983824212
- Author
- Polte, Maren, author.
- Title
- A class of their own : the Düsseldorf School of Photography / Maren Polte ; translated by John R.J. Eyck.
- Publisher
- Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Lieven Gevaert series ; vol. 24Lieven Gevaert series ; v. 24.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250).
- Language
- Translated from German.
- Added Author
- Eyck, John R. J., translator.
- Translation Of:
- Translation of: Polte, Maren. Klasse Bilder. Berlin : Gebr. Mann Verlag, [2012] 9783786126553 (DLC) 2012355015 (OCoLC)731901538
- Research Call Number
- JQE 18-286