Tag Archives: Germany

1840: The End of the World

Posted on August 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Der Götter und Riesenkampff bey dem Weltuntergang” [The Gods and the Great Battle at the Apocalypse]; illustration from The World Theater, or The Universal World History From Creation To The Year 1840, etc. by C Strahlheim (1834-41).

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1977: I am a Passenger / I Stay Under Glass

Posted on July 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Esther Friedman: Iggy Pop (c. 1977); from her book of photographs, The Passenger.

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2002: In the Encyclopedia

Posted on July 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Marc Steinmetz: Radio Receiver (2002) “Sometime in the seventies an inmate of Ludwigsburg prison, Germany, built this radio on the sly and hid it inside an encyclopedia.” From a series of photographs of prison escape tools (here).

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1470: The Ox

Posted on July 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Martin Schongauer: Ox (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Luke (1470-1490) In Christian iconography, the winged ox is the symbol of the evangelist Luke—traditionally seen as the animal of sacrifice and therefore linked to the sacrifice of Jesus himself.

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1878: The Great Physician

Posted on July 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

It is to the Nilometer [a submerged building built to measure and predict the Nile’s clarity and water level] that the island of Rods [Rhoda/Rawdah] owes its fame, and there is little else that the visitor will find worth seeing … Continue reading →

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2013: 1989

Posted on July 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger create minuature versions of scenes from iconic photographs using scale models and other materials. The image above, for example—which might at first seem to be Charlie Cole’s famous picture of the “tank man” from the … Continue reading →

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1986: Blast Furnace

Posted on July 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Bernd and Hilla Becher: Blast Furnace: Völklingen, Saar, Germany (1986; printed 1989)

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1904: Art Forms

Posted on July 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Plates from Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur (1904): See more here.

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1917-1978: Address Book

Posted on July 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hannah Höch’s address book (1917-1978) (source)

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1920: OON

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kurt Schwitters: OON [fec] (1920) I’m lying in bed, I’m sleeping, flat on my back. A thin sheet of paper. Pressed flat. An other world orbits around me. I’m looking around. That’s me there beside me. Or is it? A … Continue reading →

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