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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

"Art Forms in Nature", Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932)

Art Forms in Nature

Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932)

The intricate architecture of plants, revealing them as natural sculptures of form and symmetry.

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Art Forms in Nature

Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932)

The intricate architecture of plants, revealing them as natural sculptures of form and symmetry.

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Polystichum munitum. Shield-Fern. Young rolled-up frond enlarged 5.4 times.

Equisetum hiemale. Winter Horsetail. Young shoot enlarged 22.5 times.

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Equisetum hiemale. Winter Horsetail. Shoots enlarged 10.8 times.

Cornus florida. Boxwood of N. America, Flowering Dogwood. Shoots enlarged 2.7 times.

Taraxacum officinale. Common Dandelion, Blowballs. Flower bud enlarged 7.2 times.

Asclepias syriaca. Common Milkweed or Silkweed, Swallowwort. Flower enlarged 16.2 times.

Abutilon. Lime Mallow. Seminal capsules enlarged 5.4 times.

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

LEFT AND RIGHT: Thujopsis dolobrata, Hiba Arbor Vitae, False Arbor Vitae. Ends of branches enlarged 9.0 times. CENTER: Rut...

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Impatiens glandulifera. Gland-bearing Balsam. Stem, with ramifications, reduced 0.1 time.

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

LEFT AND RIGHT: Equisetum hiemale, Winter Horsetail. Shoots enlarged 10.8 times. CENTER: Hosta japonica, Narrow-leaved Pla...

Adiantum pedatum. Maidenhair-Fern. Young rolied-up fronds enlarged 7.2 times.

Dipsacus laciniatus. Teasel, Thistle, “Venus’s Bason.” Leaves dried on the stem enlarged 3.6 times.

Allium Ostrowskianum. Garlic. Umbel enlarged 5.4 times.

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Aristolochia Clematitis. Upright Birthwort. Young shoot enlarged 4.5 times.

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

spidium filix mas. Shield-Fern. Young rolled-up fronds enlarged 3.6 times.

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Forsythia suspensa. Weeping Forsythia. Young shoot enlarged 9.0 times.

Aconitum. Aconite, Wolfsbane, Monkshood. Young shoot enlarged 5.4 times.

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Karl Blossfeldt – Art Forms in Nature

Cirsium canum. Thistle. Flower heads enlarged 3.6 times.

Books

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Karl Blossfeldt

TASCHEN, 1999

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Karl Blossfeldt Photography in the Light of Art /anglais/allemand

Schirmer/Mosel, 2024

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Karl Blossfeldt: Masterworks

D.A.P., 2017

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Art Forms in the Plant World: 120 Full-Page Photographs (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Dover Publications, 1986

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