Face-Off in Weimar Culture: The Physiognomic Paradigm, Competing Portrait Anthologies, and August Sander's Face of Our Time
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R073715 Ned. Fotomuseum tate papers 19 wolfgang brückle
TitleFace-Off in Weimar Culture: The Physiognomic Paradigm, Competing Portrait Anthologies, and August Sander's Face of Our Time
Author
Edition[nummer] 19
[tijdschrift; titel] Tate Papers
[tijdschrift; maand] april
Photographer
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Year of publication2013
Materialartikel
Document TypeArticle
SubjectPolitiek en fotografie, Portretfotografie (teksten over), Geschiedenis van de portretfotografie (teksten over)
Abstract
August Sander's photobook Face of Our Time is discussed in relation to interest in
physiognomy in Weimar Germany. Much of this book's success was owed to the obsession
of both left- and right-wing writers with the idea that modernity reduced individuality and
facial expressiveness.
physiognomy in Weimar Germany. Much of this book's success was owed to the obsession
of both left- and right-wing writers with the idea that modernity reduced individuality and
facial expressiveness.
| Copy number | R073715 |
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| Shelf mark | tate papers 19 wolfgang brückle |