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Do or Die

Auf Leben und Tod ยท The Human Condition in Painting and Photography; Teutloff meets Wallraf
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Do or Die explores the duality of glamour and misery intrinsic to human existence, delving deeply into the tradition and renewal of the human image. It presents a captivating dialogue between significant 20th and 21st-century photographers and Masters of European painting spanning from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century, revealing connections across centuries of visual art.
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Ideal for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of visual arts, photography, and European painting history interested in the evolution of human representation.

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Addressing the tradition and the renewal of the human image, this title focuses on the photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries who sometimes are engaged in a surprising dialogue with Masters of European painting from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century.

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The glamour and misery of mankind are at the heart of this book, but it also addresses the tradition and the renewal of the human image.

Significant photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries engage in a sometimes surprising dialogue with Masters of European painting from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century.

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"The dialogue between masterpieces of European painting from the Wallraf-Richartz Museum and strong, bold contemporary photographs from the Teutloff Collection is harmonious in its entirety. Intriguing, thought-provoking, and educational, this book should be mandatory reading for anyone studying the visual arts." – Clive Waring-Flood, Silvershotz: The International Journal of Contemporary Photography

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ISBN: 9783777432618

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 September 2010

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: 70 colour illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 900g

Pages: 152

About the Author

Andreas Blรผhm is director of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, Germany, where Roland Krischel is curator.

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