Die Welt ist schön ( The World is Beautiful), an iconic example of the photography of German New Objectivity by photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch, generally considered one of the most important books of photography published in the Weimar Republic. The book was praised by contemporaries such as Ernst Toller and Thomas Mann however it was sharply criticised by Walter Benjamin, and Bertolt Brecht, who accused it of over aestheticising and obscuring social realities. Price reflects condition.
Title: Die Welt Ist Schön: Einhundert Photographische Aufnahmen, (The World Is Beautiful: One Hundred Photographic Images)
Authors: Albert Renger-Patzsch (photos), with an introduction by Carl Georg Heise, who also edited, sequenced, and titled the book
Publisher:Kurt Wolff Verlag, Munich
Publication date: 1928
Language: German
Format: Blue cloth over thin boards; stamped in silver to front board, lacking the jacket
Pages: 21 pages of text followed by 100 b/w plates, printed recto only
Images: 100
Condition: Poor. spine missing, webbing exposed, plate 34 loose and possibly others, small gift inscription to front fly-leaf, covers marked and sunned.
Stock Number: RB05668 249 RH
Die Welt ist schön ( The World is Beautiful), an iconic example of the photography of German New Objectivity by photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch, generally considered one of the most important books of photography published in the Weimar Republic. The book was praised by contemporaries such as Ernst Toller and Thomas Mann however it was sharply criticised by Walter Benjamin, and Bertolt Brecht, who accused it of over aestheticising and obscuring social realities. Price reflects condition.
Title: Die Welt Ist Schön: Einhundert Photographische Aufnahmen, (The World Is Beautiful: One Hundred Photographic Images)
Authors: Albert Renger-Patzsch (photos), with an introduction by Carl Georg Heise, who also edited, sequenced, and titled the book
Publisher:Kurt Wolff Verlag, Munich
Publication date: 1928
Language: German
Format: Blue cloth over thin boards; stamped in silver to front board, lacking the jacket
Pages: 21 pages of text followed by 100 b/w plates, printed recto only
Images: 100
Condition: Poor. spine missing, webbing exposed, plate 34 loose and possibly others, small gift inscription to front fly-leaf, covers marked and sunned.
Stock Number: RB05668 249 RH
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