20th Century
Photography
Museum Ludwig Köln
Softcover, flaps, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 760 pages
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! Images of the
century
The history of photography began some 150 years ago, but only
relatively recently has it been fully recognised as a medium in
its own right. Cologne's Museum Ludwig was the first museum of
contemporary art to devote a substantial section to international
photography. The L. Fritz Gruber collection, from which this book
is drawn, is one of the most important in Germany and one of the
most representative anywhere in the world, constituting the core
of the museum's holdings.
This book provides a fascinating insight into
the collection's rich diversity; from conceptual art to abstraction
to reportage, all of the major movements and genres are represented
via a vast selection of the century's most remarkable photographs.
From Ansel Adams to Piet Zwart, over 850 works are presented in
alphabetical order by photographer, with descriptive texts and
photographers' biographical details, providing a comprehensive
and indispensable overview of 20th century photography.
Edited by the Museum Ludwig Cologne
The authors: Reinhold Mißelbeck, Marianne Bieger-Thielemann,
Gérard A. Goodrow, Lilian Haberer, Ute Pröllochs,
Anke Solbrig, Thomas von Taschitzki, and Nina Zschocke.
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