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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

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

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.

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.

LEFT AND RIGHT: Thujopsis dolobrata, Hiba Arbor Vitae, False Arbor Vitae. Ends of branches enlarged 9.0 times. CENTER: Ruta graveolens, Common Rue, Herb-of-grace. Flower enlarged 7.2 times.

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

LEFT AND RIGHT: Equisetum hiemale, Winter Horsetail. Shoots enlarged 10.8 times. CENTER: Hosta japonica, Narrow-leaved Plantain-Lily, Funkia. Young shoot enlarged 3.6 times.

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.

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

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

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

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

Cirsium canum. Thistle. Flower heads enlarged 3.6 times.

Books

Karl Blossfeldt

TASCHEN, 1999

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

Schirmer/Mosel, 2024

Karl Blossfeldt: Masterworks

D.A.P., 2017

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

Dover Publications, 1986

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