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Berlin: Portrait of a City XL Taschen Book
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Some wear to dust jacket and corners of boards. Pages unmarked and undamaged and colors vibrant.”
- Brand
- Taschen
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
- 9783822814451
- Book Title
- Berlin. Portrait of a City
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Item Length
- 13.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.9 in
- Genre
- Travel, Social Science, Photography, History
- Topic
- Europe / Germany, Photoessays & Documentaries, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), Sociology / Urban, Subjects & Themes / General
- Item Weight
- 144.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 10.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 560 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taschen
ISBN-10
3822814458
ISBN-13
9783822814451
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60718530
Product Key Features
Book Title
Berlin. Portrait of a City
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, Photoessays & Documentaries, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), Sociology / Urban, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Social Science, Photography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
144.1 Oz
Item Length
13.8 in
Item Width
10.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
This volume of photographs takes the reader on a journey through 150 years of German history, with all its turbulences ... garnished with brilliant essays and quotations and a superb layout that does not detract from the photographs., Un somptueux album...Cette «ville absurde, peut-être la plus surréaliste des villes européennes», selon son auteur Hans Christian Adam, est racontée à travers 280 clichés signés, entre autres, Cartier-Bresson, Helmut Newton, Robert Capa, Thomas Struth et Wolfgang Tillmans., An illustrated history of Berlin. The magnificence of the German capital and its turbulent story is told through images from many international photographers... If you are interested in the history of Berlin and world-class photography, this book will be a great addition to the book-shelf., Une brique? Non, un monument... une des plus vastes enquêtes photographiques jamais réalisées sur les 150 dernières années de la ville de Berlin... Voyage à travers une ville, transfert dans le temps, le livre est aussi, selon la bonne habitude de TASCHEN, proposé en trois langues., Courez vous procurer ce livre XXL qui assemble des clichés de la capitale allemande entre 1860 et aujourd'hui. Sur fond de grande Histoire, on y découvre un peuple comme on ne l'a jamais vu...On croit lire un livre sur Berlin, on découvre une somptueuse cartographie des émotions humaines., Quatre kilos en grand format pour cette magnifique étude photographique composant le portrait d'une ville dont le nom fait battre le coeur de ceux qui l'ont visitée récemment comme de ceux qui rêvent d'y aller. On y trouve, superbement orchestrés, les travaux de plus de 280 photographes dont les plus grands... Un riche et vivifiant voyage., Ce véritable pavé (4kg) nous fait découvrir ces différentes facettes d'une manière émotive et personnelle au travers de récits et de photos qui nous plongent dans l'intimité de la capitale allemande. Au final, on appréhende mieux la richesse actuelle de cette ville, véritable témoignage de la folie et de la beauté qui résident dans l'aventure humaine., Faire le portrait d'une ville en sept cents pages, voilà un projet bien ambitieux. Pari réussi pour ce très bel ouvrage... Le lecteur vit véritablement avec la population berlinoise qui traverse les événements terribles que l'on connaît.
Edition Description
Multilanguage edition
Synopsis
Berlin has survived two world wars, was divided by a wall during the Cold War, and after the fall of the wall was reunited. The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. From 1860 to the present day, this book is the most comprehensive photographic study of this extraordinary city , dense with spirit as much as with history. Some 560 pages gather aerial views, street scenes, portraits, and more to trace Berlin history from the Imperial Era as capital of Prussia through the Roaring Twenties to devastating images of war to heartwarming postwar photos of a city picking up the pieces-the Reichstag in ruins and later wrapped by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Among the photographs are works by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helmut Newton, René Burri, Robert Capa, Thomas Struth , and Wolfgang Tillmans in addition to well-known Berlin photo-chroniclers such as Friedrich Seidenstücker, Erich Salomon, Willy Römer, and Heinrich Zille (an index of photographers' biographies is also included). The images are accompanied by quotes from Berliners and Berlin connoisseurs such as Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred Döblin, Herwarth Walden, Marlene Dietrich, Billy Wilder, John F. Kennedy, Willy Brandt, Helmut Newton, Sir Simon Rattle, and David Bowie. More than a tribute to the city and its civic, social, and photographic history, this book pays homage to Berlin's inhabitants: full of hope and strength, in their faces is reflected Berlin's undying soul., Berlin has survived two world wars, was divided by a wall during the Cold War, and after the fall of the wall was reunited. The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. From 1860 to the present day, this book is the most comprehensive photographic study of this extraordinary city, dense with spirit as much as with history. Some 560 pages gather aerial views, street scenes, portraits, and more to trace Berlin history from the Roaring Twenties to devastating images of war to heartwarming postwar photos of a city picking up the pieces--the Reichstag in ruins and later wrapped by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Among the photographs are works by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helmut Newton, Ren Burri, Robert Capa, Thomas Struth, and Wolfgang Tillmans in addition to well-known Berlin photo-chroniclers such as Friedrich Seidenst cker, Erich Salomon, Willy R mer, and Heinrich Zille (an index of photographers' biographies is also included). The images are accompanied by quotes from Berliners and Berlin connoisseurs such as Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred D blin, Herwarth Walden, Marlene Dietrich, Billy Wilder, Willy Brandt, Helmut Newton, Sir Simon Rattle, and David Bowie. More than a tribute to the city and its civic, social, and photographic history, this book pays special homage to Berlin's inhabitants: full of hope and strength, in their faces is reflected Berlin's undying soul., The spirit of Berlin: a photographic journey into the city's history Berlin has survived two world wars, was divided by a wall during the Cold War, and after the fall of the Wall was re-united. The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. From 1860 to the present day, this book presents the story of Berlin in photographs, portraits, maps, and aerial views. With nearly 700 pages of emotional, atmospheric images, from giddy pictures of the Roaring Twenties to devastating images of war to heartwarming postwar photos of a city picking up the pieces'the Reichstag in ruins and later wrapped by Christo and Jeanne-Claude'this is the most comprehensive photographic study on Berlin ever made. More than a tribute to the city and its civic, social, and photographic history, this book especially pays homage to Berlin's inhabitants: full of hope and strength, in their faces is reflected Berlin's undying soul. ? Including images by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helmut Newton, Ren? Burri, Robert Capa, Thomas Struth, and Wolfgang Tillmans as well as well-known Berlin photo-chroniclers such as Friedrich Seidenst'cker, Erich Salomon, Willy R'mer, and Heinrich Zille. ? Quotations from Berliners and Berlin connoisseurs such as Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred D'blin, Herwarth Walden, Marlene Dietrich, Billy Wilder, Max Schmeling, Willy Brandt, Helmut Newton, Simon Rattle, and David Bowie. Also included: an index of photographers? biographies. The author: Hans Christian Adam studied psychology, art history and communication studies in G'ttingen and Vienna. As a specialist in historical pictorial material, he has published numerous articles and books, including titless on travel and war photography. For thisbook he has researched in public and private collections, viewed tens of thousands of images and also profited from the rich collection of written material in the Berlin State Library. He is also the author of TASCHEN's Edward Sheriff Curtis: The North American Indian, Karl Blossfeldt, and Eug'ne Atget: Paris., The most comprehensive photographic study of an extraordinary metropolis offers some 560 pages of aerial views, street scenes, portraits, and more to trace its history as political and cultural capital. Quotes from famed Berlin icons and connoisseurs, from Marlene Dietrich to John F. Kennedy and David Bowie, accompany the images., Berlin has survived two world wars, was divided by a wall during the Cold War, and after the fall of the wall was reunited. The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. From 1860 to the present day, this book is the most comprehensive photographic study of this extraordinary city, dense with spirit as much as with history. Some 560 pages gather aerial views, street scenes, portraits, and more to trace Berlin history from the Imperial Era as capital of Prussia through the Roaring Twenties to devastating images of war to heartwarming postwar photos of a city picking up the pieces--the Reichstag in ruins and later wrapped by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Among the photographs are works by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helmut Newton, René Burri, Robert Capa, Thomas Struth, and Wolfgang Tillmans in addition to well-known Berlin photo-chroniclers such as Friedrich Seidenstücker, Erich Salomon, Willy Römer, and Heinrich Zille (an index of photographers' biographies is also included). The images are accompanied by quotes from Berliners and Berlin connoisseurs such as Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred Döblin, Herwarth Walden, Marlene Dietrich, Billy Wilder, John F. Kennedy, Willy Brandt, Helmut Newton, Sir Simon Rattle, and David Bowie. More than a tribute to the city and its civic, social, and photographic history, this book pays homage to Berlin's inhabitants: full of hope and strength, in their faces is reflected Berlin's undying soul.
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