Laszlo Moholy-Naghy. Color in Transparency. Photographic Experiments in Color 1934-1946

MOHOLY-NAGY, Laszlo (Bácsborsód, 1895 - Chicago, 1946)

ISBN 10: 386521293X / ISBN 13: 9783865212931

Published by Gottingen, Steidl - Bauhaus Archiv,, Gottingen, 2006

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Catalogo della mostra tenutasi presso il Museum fur Gestlung ( Bauhaus-Archiv), Berlino 21 giugno - 4 settembre 2006. Testi di Mattula Moholy-Nagy, Jeannine Fiedler, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. 100 fotografie a colori. Biografia, Bibliografia. Edizione in inglese e tedesco . Cm 30,5x22. pp. 208. . Perfetto (Mint). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . Tra le avanguardie del primo Novecento, il fotografo di origine ungherese Lszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) fu uno dei piů ardenti ricercatori della "Nuova Visione". La sua preoccupazione per il fenomeno della luce ebbe un'influenza determinante in ogni periodo del suo lavoro. Nel momento in cui i primi processi fotografici a colori divennero ampiamente disponibili all'inizio degli anni trenta, egli padroneggiava il bianco e nero, e si rivolse immediatamente a questa nuova grande invenzione. Finora, con poche eccezioni, il suo lavoro a colori č rimasto sconosciuto. Il libro presenta 100 foto tra cui pubblicitŕ, ritratti, vedute urbane, studi del New Bauhaus e composizioni astratte, create dal  1934 alla sua morte nel 1946. Una prefazione di sua figlia, Hattula Moholy-Nagy, e un saggio e didascalie della storica e critica d'arte Jeannine Fiedler, insieme a una cronologia e bibliografia, chiariscono la storia di questa affascinante e accessibile area del lavoro di Moholy-Nagy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Laszlo Moholy-Naghy. Color in Transparency. Photographic Experiments in Color 1934-1946
• Publisher: Gottingen, Steidl - Bauhaus Archiv,, Gottingen
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 386521293X
• ISBN 13: 9783865212931
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: Prima edizione (First Edition).
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 750 grams
• Book Type: Book
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Synopsis

Among the early twentieth-century's avant-garde, Hungarian-born photographer Lszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was one of the most ardent seekers of the "New Vision." His preoccupation with the phenomenon of light was a defining influence on every period of his work, and one of his great strengths lay in his effortless skill in translating light and spatial dimensions from one medium to another. By the time the first color photographic processes became widely available in the early 1930s, he had mastered black-and-white, and he turned immediately to this next big thing. Color proved to be one of his most important mediums, not only during his early years in Germany, but also as he reestablished himself at the New Bauhaus and the Institute of Design, both of which he initiated upon moving to the United States and settling in Chicago. Until now, with only a few exceptions, his work in color has been unknown. Color in Transparency presents 100 pieces including advertisements, portraits, urban views, New Bauhaus studies and abstract compositions--created between Moholy-Nagy's first experiments with the medium in 1934 and his death in 1946. A foreword by his daughter, Hattula Moholy-Nagy, and an essay and captions by art historian and critic Jeannine Fiedler, along with a chronology and bibliography, elucidate the history of this appealing and accessible area of Moholy-Nagy's work, as well as its significance in his oeuvre.