Kracauer photographic archive

Kracauer photographic archive

by Kracauer, Lili Kracauer, Siegfried Turnbull, Michael Zinfert, Maria

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Siegfried Kracauer was a leading figure on the Weimar arts scene and one of the foremost representatives of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Best known for a wealth of writings on sociology and film theory, his influence is felt in the work of many of the period's preeminent thinkers, including the critic Theodor W. Adorno, who once claimed he owed more to Kracauer than any other intellectual. Kracauer. Photographic Archive, a companion volume to The Past's Threshold: Essays on Photogra…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Kracauer photographic archive / edited by Maria Zinfert ; translated by Michael Turnbull.

Summary

Siegfried Kracauer was a leading figure on the Weimar arts scene and one of the foremost representatives of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Best known for a wealth of writings on sociology and film theory, his influence is felt in the work of many of the period's preeminent thinkers, including the critic Theodor W. Adorno, who once claimed he owed more to Kracauer than any other intellectual. Kracauer. Photographic Archive, a companion volume to The Past's Threshold: Essays on Photography, collects previously unpublished photographs by Siegfried and Elisabeth, "Lili," Kracauer. With its.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2014
  • Edition:1st edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Diaphanes
  • Place of Publication:Zurich
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783037346006, 3037346000
  • oclc:ocn915560687
  • LC Classification:TR653
  • Dewey Decimal:779.092

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Foreword; The Image of Siegfried Kracauer; I. Paris. 1930s; II. Travel and Portraits. 1930s; Digression: Lili Kracauer. A Biographical Sketch; III. Travel and Portraits. USA 1945-1959; IV. Travel and Portraits. Europe 1958-1964; V. Other Photographs from the Estate; Postscript; Afterword and Appendix; Chronology Lili and Siegfried Kracauer; Selected Bibliography; List of Illustrations.

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