Berlin: Portrait of a City
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (737 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3822814458 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 671 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-16 |
| Language | : | English, French, German |
DESCRIPTION:
HUGE OVERSIZED BOOK OF BERLIN ! When I saw this book on amazon.com I had to have it. I've enjoyed every minute and it take a long long time for each page. It's my go to book for my memories of Berlin in 2002 with my translator leading the way.. "Great Coffee table book" according to Amazon Customer. Superbe - made me homesick. "Perfect for Berlin lovers" according to Warwick C. Another excellent review of a major city by Taschen. Huge book packed with excellent historic and current photos.A must for lovers of this renewed city.
From the Publisher Also included: an index of photographers’ biographies.
Curtis: The North American Indian and Atget's Paris. Hans Christian Adam works as a photographic consultant in Gottingen. He has published many articles and various books on photography, including TASCHEN's Edward S.
From 1860 to the present day, this book presents the story of Berlin in photographs, portraits, and aerial views. The spirit of Berlin: A photographic journey into the city’s history Berlin has survived two world wars, was divided by a wall during the Cold War, and after the fall of the wall was reunited. The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. With 560 pages of emotional, atmospheric images, from giddy pictures of the Roaring Twenties to devastating images of war to heartwarming postwar photos of a city picking up the pieces—the Reichstag in ruins and later wrapped by Christo and Jeanne-Claude—this is the most comprehensive photographic study on Berlin ever made. Text in English, French, and German. Quotations from Berliners and Berlin connoisseurs such as Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred Döblin, Herwarth Walden, Marlene Dietrich, Bill