Libraries: Candida Höfer - Couverture rigide

Eco, Umberto

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3791385615 ISBN 13 : 9783791385617

Editeur : Prestel Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

This striking book shows the world's most beautiful libraries through Candida Höfer's mesmerizing photographs.

No one photographs spaces quite like Candida Höfer and no one has captured better the majesty, stillness, and eloquence of libraries. Traveling around the world, Höfer shows the exquisite beauty to be found in order, repetition, and form--rows of books, lines of desks, soaring shelves, and even stacks of paper create patterns that are both hypnotic and soothing. Photographed with a large-format camera and a small aperture, these razor-sharp images of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, the Escorial in Spain, Villa Medici in Rome, the Hamburg University library, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris, and the Museo Archeologico in Madrid, to name a few, communicate more than just the superb architecture. Glowing with subtle color and natural light, Höfer's photographs, while devoid of people, shimmer with life and remind us again and again that libraries are more than just repositories for books. Umberto Eco's essay about his own attachment to libraries is the perfect introduction to an otherwise wordless, but sublimely reverent journey.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

CANDIDA HÖFER is one of the world's most celebrated photographers. A student of Bernd and Hilla Becher, she is the recipient of the Sony 2018 Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award. She lives in Cologne, Germany.

UMBERTO ECO was an internationally renowned Italian novelist, critic, and university professor.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prestel Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3791385615
• ISBN 13: 9783791385617
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible