
The Image Regained
Painting and Photography from the Eighties to Today. Ital./Engl.
Museo Cantonale dArte, Lugano(Editor)
Hatje Cantz Verlag
Published in 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-3-7757-1268-2 (ISBN)
Description
It was once boldly predicted that photography would displace painting altogether. Others argued that a photograph could never be art. In reality, both forms of expression have had a stimulating effect on each other during their long years of co-existence. Illustrated with works by outstanding photographers and painters, this book illustrates the intensity and the consequences of this exchange since the 1970s. More frequently than not, the encounter rocked the very understanding of the image. Whereas painting, under the influence of photography, is now finding its way back to the subject from its abstract and informal phase, photography in the eighties reclaimed for itself traditional painterly themes such as portraits and landscapes. This exhibition catalogue explores the crossing over of bounderies and perception of both disciplines.
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Language
English
Italian
Place of publication
Ostfildern
Germany
Illustrations
132 Abb. davon 102 farb.
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 25.3 cm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
1168 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7757-1268-2 (9783775712682)
Schweitzer Classification