Die Natur der Kunst. Begegnungen mit der Natur vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart

Author Schwarz, Dieter / Franz, Erich / Kersten, Wolfgang / Lüthy, Michael / Pfister, Paul / Schmutz, Hans-Konrad
Date 2010
Publisher Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf
Details Softcover, 279 pages
ISBN 9783941263215
Language German

Die Natur der Kunst. Begegnungen mit der Natur vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart was published to coincide with the exhibition at Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland. The subject of nature in art throughout the centuries is examined using works from the Kunstmuseum's collection.

Both the exhibition and the catalogue are not only concerned with a summarisation of landscape paintings but they also illuminate the relationship between art and nature from a theoretical point of view: nature as a model for art on the one hand and its antipole on the other. In this group exhibition Gerhard Richter's art builds a bridge towards abstraction. Richter's landscapes, which are often oriented on romanticism, are juxtaposed with his abstract paintings.

Contributions by Paul Pfister, Michael Lüthy, Erich Franz, Wolfgang Kersten, Dieter Schwarz and Hans-Konrad Schmutz.
 

The following artworks are mentioned, discussed or illustrated in the book:

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