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Erich Lessing (1923–2018)

Auteur van The Louvre: All the Paintings

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Over de Auteur

Erich Lessing was born to Jewish parents in Vienna, Austria on July 13, 1923. He fled the Nazi annexation of Austria as a teenager in 1939 to Palestine. He studied radio engineering at a technical college and served in Britain's Sixth Airborne Division as a photographer and pilot. He returned to toon meer Austria in 1947. He was hired by Magnum Photos as a freelancer in 1951. He joined the agency full time in 1955 and became a part-time contributor in 1979. His photographs were included in The Louvre: All the Paintings. He died on August 29, 2018 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Erich Lessing

The Louvre: All the Paintings (2011) 268 exemplaren
The Bible: A Pictorial History (1970) 83 exemplaren
De Odyssee : Homeros' heldendicht (1961) 58 exemplaren
Pompeji (1995) 56 exemplaren
Het verhaal van Noach (1968) 24 exemplaren
Revolution in Hungary: The 1956 Budapest Uprising (2006) — Fotograaf — 21 exemplaren
Die griechischen Sagen (1977) 12 exemplaren
Herbert von Karajan (2008) 9 exemplaren
Erich Lessing (2002) — Fotograaf — 8 exemplaren
Die italienische Renaissance (1983) 3 exemplaren
(vie) Der Wiener Musikverein (1987) 3 exemplaren
Paulus in 114 foto's (1980) 3 exemplaren
22 photographers (1997) 3 exemplaren
Discoverers of Space (1969) 2 exemplaren
Traumstraßen des Abendlandes (1973) 2 exemplaren
De man van Nazareth 2 exemplaren
Budapest 1956 (2006) 2 exemplaren
Georg Eisler : Eine Monographie (1984) — Fotograaf — 2 exemplaren
Mujeres mitologías 1 exemplaar
Die große Bibel (1993) 1 exemplaar
Immortelle Egypte (2002) 1 exemplaar

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LESSING, Erich
Geboortedatum
1923-07-13
Overlijdensdatum
2018-08-29
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Austria
Geboorteplaats
Vienna, Austria
Plaats van overlijden
Vienna, Austria
Beroepen
photographer

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I rather liked this book. Initally I thought that it was a bit overwrought with multiple prose sections .....mainly about Ulysses and the places he visited...but also a kind of philosophy of photography. But generally i found the prose sections quite interesting ...especially when they were arguing the merits of various current sites and trying to line them up with what Homer had said. I'd always regarded Homer's stories as having a "grain" of truth but this book has convinced me that there was much more than a "grain" of truth and most of the places where Ulysses visited and had his adventures seem to have modern counterparts and (presumably) these correspond with those in Homer's tales. Some of the detail is just too close to be merely a work of imagination. (Leaving aside the various giants and supernatural creatures who inhabited these places)
I wonder if Homer actually went on such a sea voyage? And, if not, who did? And if it was actually Homer himself....was he able to see at the time (ie not blind)? Or how did he get such accurate details as:
".......Ithaca. On its coast is an inlet
sacred to Phorkys, the ancient of the sea,
where two detached headlands of sheer cliff stand forth and screen a harbour between their steeps".
Seems to me, that somebody actually made such a journey and put it to verse. Was it a mariner's handbook as well as a lusty story? I guess there are thousands of learned treatises about this.
Anyway, the authors have made a first rate job of marrying the text of the Odyssey with the photos of Erich Lessing. Sometimes, I think Lessing goes in for a bit too much macro focus ...eg with the ram on plate 77 and he's actually best when he's photographing current scenery ..such as the various islands or beaches or landscapes. I must have read variations of the Odyssey many times but this particular version brought it alive for me. Though, I must admit, I find the idea of the Gods playing such an active and intertwined role with humans a bit hard to swallow.
The book is not quite as old as Homer ....but still by modern standards, rather dated (1966) but it holds up well...and I only paid $7 for it so think I got a bargain. Happy to give it four stars and I'm teetering on giving it five.
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I've always wanted to visit the Louvre and Paris but unfortunately I doubt that will ever happen so being able to see all the paintings in this beautiful book, gave me the opportunity to see what I'm missing. I was surprised at the volume of paintings that were of a religious nature- so many Madonna and Child, Crucifixions, and others but also the number of portraits. I expected more landscapes and still lifes as well. All in all, a beautiful experience of viewing the works of great masters of art.… (meer)
 
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