Karl Blossfeldt
1865-1932
His theory was that natural forms were inherently reproduced in art. This series of plant photographs help confirm this view. They were clear and useful images of the plants but they also revealed the formal language of construction that are applied to objects and architecture.
1865-1932
His theory was that natural forms were inherently reproduced in art. This series of plant photographs help confirm this view. They were clear and useful images of the plants but they also revealed the formal language of construction that are applied to objects and architecture.
Plate 38 Polystichum munitum 1928
Plate 46 Struthiopteris Germanica 1928
Plate 56 Aspidium filix mas 1928
Plate 74 Cobaea scandens
Plate 104 Papaver
Plate 120 Tellima graniflora
Plate 106 Lyonia calyculata
Plate 53 Cucurbita These are not just documents for botany students but also tools for artists and art lovers. He proves that nature is the ultimate creative genius.
"The delicacy of a Roccoco ornament, the severity of a Renaissance chandelier, the mystically tangled scroll work of flamboyant Gothic domes, towers and the noble shafts of columns - a whole exotic language of architecture. Crosiers embossed in gold, wrought with trellises, rich sceptres: all these man-made forms find their original form in the world of plants".
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