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Robert Polidori : topographical histories.

Title
Robert Polidori : topographical histories.
Author
Polidori, Robert
Publication
  • Göttingen, Germany : Steidl, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Description
77 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color); 35 x 30 cm
Summary
Robert Polidori has been making books at Steidl for over 18 years now, and for many of his visits he lodged in an apartment adjacent to the publishing house. To the left of this, at Düstere Straße 6, stands a small humble house, not only the oldest dwelling in Göttingen but, dating back to 1310, one of the oldest half-timber houses in all of Germany. Miraculously never demolished over the centuries (just altered, repaired and patched up), it has now been restored by Gerhard Steidl and today houses the Günter Grass Archive, part of the University of Göttingen.0'Topographical Histories' presents Polidori?s 2016 photos of the interior walls of the building, whose glorious crumbling layers?fourteenth-century structures of wattle and daub, clay bricks and plaster, and remnants of paint and wallpaper from different centuries?bear witness to living history. Polidori focuses on the subtle colorations and depth and complexity of these surfaces, creating an unconventional, painterly architectural portrait.
Alternative Title
Topographical histories
Subject
  • Polidori, Robert
  • 1300-1399
  • Architectural photography
  • Half-timbered houses > Germany > Göttingen > History > 14th century > Pictorial works
  • Dwellings > Germany > Göttingen > History > 14th century > Pictorial works
  • Dwellings
  • Half-timbered houses
  • Germany > Göttingen
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Call Number
JQG 19-563
ISBN
  • 9783958295490
  • 3958295495
LCCN
9783958295490
OCLC
1057763304
Author
Polidori, Robert, photographer.
Title
Robert Polidori : topographical histories.
Publisher
Göttingen, Germany : Steidl, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Chronological Term
1300-1399
Other Standard Identifier
9783958295490
Research Call Number
JQG 19-563
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