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Title

Sigmar Polke : Fenster = windows : Grossmünster Zürich / [Autoren, Gottfried Boehm ... [et al.] ; Lektorat, Catherine Schelbert, Jeremy Sigler, Mark Welzel].

Publication

Zürich ; New York : Parkett : Grossmünster Zurich, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Polke, Sigmar.
• Boehm, Gottfried, 1942-
• Schelbert, Catherine.
• Sigler, Jeremy.
• Welzel, Mark.
• Grossmünster (Zurich, Switzerland)

Description

205 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 31 cm.

Summary

"The great German artist Sigmar Polke (1941-2010), known as "the Alchemist" for his love of working with and combining unconventional materials, completed a large cycle of extraordinary windows for Zürich cathedral--his last great work--just prior to his death this past June. We are fortunate that the entire project has been published in the new monograph Sigmar Polke, Windows--Fenster, Grossmünster Zürich. The window cycle is astounding, because in addition to five figurative stained glass compositions, Polke also designed seven entire windows with agate, using thin slices of this transparent, semi-precious stone. Moreover, the stained glass windows devoted to Old Testament subjects each explore different glass techniques, producing independent visual experiences. The overall effect of these images in stone, glass, and light is otherworldly, immaterial, and unique in the history of window design, requiring a beautifully described creative edge during design and fabrication"--ISC book reviews.

Alternative Title

• Windows
• Fenster

Subject

• Polke, Sigmar
• Artist-designed windows > Zurich
• Stained glass windows > Zurich

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 204).

Language (note)

• In German, with English translation.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Das Grossmünster, seine Geschichte und seine Fenster : Ein Streifzug durch zwölf Jahrhunderte = The Grossmünster, its history and its windows : a journey through twelve centuries -- Illuminationen = Illuminations -- Sehen und Hören : Gedanken zum ikonographischen Programm der Kirchenfenster von Sigmar Polke = Seeing and hearing : on the iconography of Sigmar Polke's windows -- Ein Weg zu Sigmar Polkes Kirchenfenstern : Bilder aus Stein, Glas und Licht = A path towards Sigmar Polke's church windows : images in stone, glass, and light -- Geronnene Zeit = The coalescence of time -- "Algebra, Taumel und Ordnung" : Zeichen im Stein : form ist niemal trivial order gleichgültig : sie ist die Magie der Welt = Algebra, vertigo, and order : signs in the stone : form is never trivial or indifferent : it is the magic of the world -- Beschrieb aus Sicht der ausführenden Glasmaler = An account by the stained glass artist who executed the artist's designs -- Glossar = Glossary -- Bibliographie = Bibliography -- Autoren = Authors -- Impressum = Publication data.

ISBN

• 9783907582275
• 3907582276

OCLC

• 630506027
• SCSB-10150711

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library