Candida Höfer
libraries
$159.46
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2005
Summary
Silent Sanctuaries: The Libraries of Candida Höfer
Nobody photographs libraries, those splendid and intimate cathedrals of knowledge, as beautifully as Candida Höfer. Her photographs are sober and restrained - the atmosphere is disturbed by neither visitors nor users, especially as she foregoes any staging of the locations. The emptiness is imbued with substance by a subtle attention to colour, and the prevailing silence instilled with a metaphysical quality that gives voice to the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500543146 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500543143 |
| Author: | Umberto Eco |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2005 |
| Weight: | 2.16kg |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 310mm x 257mm |
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Critics Review
‘Breathtaking … brings out the scale and beauty of these temples of learning’ - Sunday Telegraph
About The Author
Umberto Eco
Candida Höfer studied with Bernd Becher at the Düssedorf Academy of Art. Besides numerous international shows, she participated in Documenta II in Kassel. Her book Candida Höfer: A Monograph was published by Thames & Hudson in 2003.
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