Book Tower Images: Visualizing Henry van de Velde's Ghent University Library Tower

Dossche, Charlotte ; Jacobs, Steven; Davidts, Wouter ; Bass-Krueger, Maude ; Velde, Henry van de

ISBN 10: 907671469X ISBN 13: 9789076714691

Published by A&S/books. Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of Ghent University (Belgium)., Ghent, Belgium, 2023

Language: English

Condition: Used - Very good Soft cover

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Title: Book Tower Images: Visualizing Henry van de Velde's Ghent University Library Tower
Publisher: A&S/books. Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of Ghent University (Belgium)., Ghent, Belgium
Publication Date: 2023
Language: English
ISBN 10: 907671469X
ISBN 13: 9789076714691
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: First .
Condition: Bueno
Dimensions: 10.63 inches width by 0.59 inches height by 7.99 inches depth

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The Ghent University library with its famous "Book Tower" was designed by Henry van de Velde in the 1930s. It re-opened recently after a long restoration process under the supervision of Robbrecht en Daem architecten.

Book Tower Images focuses on the rich artistic imagery of the monument. Over the years, leading artists and photographers such as Frans Masereel, Lucien Herv�, Candida H�fer, and Carl De Keyzer have visualised it abundantly. Jan De Cock, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and others realised installations or dance performances in the building that were documented with the help of photographs and films.

Juxtaposing multiple images of the same building, Book Tower Images deals with various models of architectural representation: from typical modernist architectural photographs by Emile Sergysels from the 1940s to recent explorations by Dirk Braeckman, Geert Goiris, Aglaia Konrad, and Walter Vorjohann among many others.

Book Tower Images combines architectural photography with a myriad of other artistic and photographic practices such as documentary photography, street photography, fashion shoots, photojournalism, amateur photography, painting, drawing, video, film etc - with, of course, the Book Tower as leitmotiv.

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