Screen LibraryPeople of the 20th century : a cultural work of photographs divided into seven groups /
"With People of the 20th Century, August Sander created a monumental work that is unique in the history of photography and a classic of photographic literature. Sander conceived this large-scale project, which he ultimately never completed, in the 1920s. He was to spend the rest of his life wor...
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Schirmer/Mosel,
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| Publisher Address: | Munich : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English German French |
| Edition: | Revised new edition. |
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"With People of the 20th Century, August Sander created a monumental work that is unique in the history of photography and a classic of photographic literature. Sander conceived this large-scale project, which he ultimately never completed, in the 1920s. He was to spend the rest of his life working on it, his objective nothing less than a complete typological portrait of contemporary society. Hundreds of portraits classified according to professional, social or family criteria were to provide a representative picture of the various social groups. He envisaged seven groups labeled: "The Farmer", "The Skilled Tradesman", "The Woman", "Classes and Professions", "The Artists", "The City" and--on the theme of age, illness and death--"The Last People". We have now condensed out 2002 seven-volume edition of the artist's complete oeuvre into one large volume presenting "the essential" People of the 20th Century."--Publisher description. |
| Item Description: | "The present edition complies with the results of research conducted over many years and presented in the seven-volume edition of the same name published in 2002 ... The present edition adheres to the 619 pictorial motifs in the 2002 edition"--Preliminary remarks. |
| Carrier Form: | 807 pages : portraits ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page [808]). |
| ISBN: |
9783829606448 3829606443 |
| Index Number: | TR680 |
| CLC: | J433(516) |
| Call Number: | J433(516)/S214/rev. new ed. |
| Contents: |
Preliminary remarks on the new, revised edition of August Sander's People of the 20th century / August Sander: People of the 20th century : the development of a concept / August Sander : People of the 20th century : structure -- Portfolio of archetypes. The farmer -- The skilled tradesman -- The woman -- Classes and professions -- The artists -- The city -- The last people -- August Sander : biography. |