Karl Bodmer - Ein Schweizer Künstler in Amerika 1809-1893 / A Swiss Artist in America
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| Verlag | Scheidegger & Spiess |
| Auflage | 2018 |
| Seiten | 208 |
| Format | 21,8 x 25,4 x 2,4 cm |
| Gewicht | 1044 g |
| Übersetzer | Nigel Stephenson |
| ISBN-10 | 3858816000 |
| ISBN-13 | 9783858816009 |
| Bestell-Nr | 85881600A |
In May of 1832, Swiss artist Karl Bodmer (1809-93) set out with Maximilian, Prince of Wied, a German aristocrat and scientist, on a twenty-eight-month journey along the Ohio and Missouri Rivers. For Bodmer, the expedition resulted in more than four hundred watercolors and sketches of Native American people, landscapes, animals, and plants. Engravings of many of the images were subsequently used to illustrate Travels in the Interiors of North America, Prince Maximilian's well-known historical account. Karl Bodmer is a homage to the great painter who captured for the rest of the world so many important natural details of early America.
Presented here are all eighty-one engravings used to illustrate Maximilian's book, as well as the original watercolors, sketches, and photographs of artifacts collected during the legendary passage. Bodmer's detailed work is among the most important documents of Native American culture from that region. Almost all of these images ar e held today in public collections in the United States, including large collections at the Newberry Library in Chicago, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha.
Karl Bodmer is a richly illustrated volume that brings to life a monumental event in both art history and the history of early America. First published in 2009 to coincide with an exhibition at the Nordamerika Native Museum in Zürich, it has been out of print for some time and is now becoming available again in a new edition.
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«Die Ausstellung und das begleitende Buch ergänzen sich hervorragend und ermöglichen eine vertiefte Auseinandersetzung mit den indianischen Kulturen und der mit ihnen verbundenen Mystifizierung.» Wochenzeitung -WoZ
«Ein prächtiger, mit informativen und spannenden Texten versehener Bildband. ____ (beeindruckend).» Schweizer Familie
«Ein ausgezeichneter Katalog.» Manfred Papst, NZZ am Sonntag
Die Aquarelle Karl Bodmers zählen zu den wichtigsten Dokumenten über die heute zerstörte Kultur der indigenen Völker Amerikas. Ein Buch für Forscher, Historiker - und für Romantiker.
