Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (Phaidon 55s) (Paperback)

by Jeannine Fiedler (Author)

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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a major innovator of the avant-garde and one of the twentieth century's most important art theoreticians. He experimented ceaselessly with new ways of seeing - using photo-montages, photograms, film and kinetic sculpture - and proposed the camera as a way of complementing and perfecting the human eye.

Other artists in this series include: Eugene Atget, Mathew Brady, Wynn Bullock, Julia Margaret Cameron, Joan Fontcuberta, David Goldblatt, Nan Goldin, Graciela Iturbide, Andre Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz, Boris Mikhailov, Lisette Model, Eadweard Muybridge, Eugene Richards, W. Eugene Smith, Shomei Tomatsu, Joel-Peter Witkin

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Phaidon Press (January 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0714840181
• ISBN-13: 978-0714840185
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #482,965 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This item is part of The Phaidon 55 Series.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good quick introduction to a leader of the avant-garde, January 1, 2002

By	Richard Crowder (Glen Allen, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Moholy is best represented by his posthumously published masterpiece Vision in Motion (1947), which is currently out of print. However, many of his artistic ideas (machine aesthetics, democratization of art, ties between high art and popular culture) and styles are represented in the 55 photographic works offered here--many of which are not strictly photographs, having been created outside the camera. Moholy plays freely over the range of visual possibilities--monochrome vs. color, from representation of nature through abstraction to pure construction on the one hand and to fantasy on the other. With Jeannine Fiedler's introduction and comments on the works, this book gives a good sense of what Moholy is all about for a small commitment of money and time.