After I initially absorbed in the pictures, which I would later write something, I first read pages 94-95 to learn more about the photographer and the authors of the book.
The master photographer Sigrid Neubert graduated in the late 1940s, the photography school in Munich and subsequently had her own studio in Frankfurt. From 1955 to 1990 she worked as an architectural photographer and traveled for this purpose on behalf of architects South America, Africa and the Middle East. Neubert's great love is the Nymphenburg Park, which does not drop the only witness to in this book.
the 1750-born landscape gardener Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell traveled to his teaching to Versailles, there to learn the art of gardening Le Notre. Then he studied the new landscape gardens in England. In his then most remarkable career he has never been imitated, but always went his own way. In 1803 he was commissioned by the then Elector Maximilian IV and later King of Bavaria, the castle park of Nymphenburg to give their present forms. From Sckell died 1823 in Munich.
The author of the essay "paradigm Park" Peter Latz has held since 1983, the Department of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the Technical University in Munich. Multiple international awards, he was for his work to the metamorphosis of a former steel plant in Duisburg Nord.
Before I have been concerned with the photographs and accompanying texts that I read only the first six-page essay "paradigm Park. Latz begins his essay with the sentence "The park is a public space." He then outlined the history of the park, which initially were initially hunting forests. Later, they served only the representation and were pleasure gardens of the royal household. The pleasure because they were always designed sophisticated. Latz for the landscaped gardens of the 18th and 19 Century, none and both the romantic-conservative designed, as the mountain park Kassel-as well as the classical harmonic such as the "English Garden" in Munich by Friedrich Wilhelm von Sckell.
We read of the development of parks, including citizens of residence in the 19th Century. Through this "people's gardens" intended to the desire for social equality with the nobility and the formation of the middle class to claim the latest. Mid-20th Century, then came the aesthetics in the background because of the so-called "functionalism," the design language of the reconstruction was (see: p.89).
Parks are currently experiencing a revival and that as a helpful remedy for contaminated industrial and transportation wasteland. These parks are subjected to the rules of sustainability. According to ecological principles governing the natural development is under way, however, caused and maintained by the technology. As the technologies for the maintenance of large parks are very expensive, the majority of the plants comes primarily from agricultural and forestry derived methods.
Latz explained further why a park, a system of Information layers, and the desire for presence implies. To all facets of his essays discuss it further out, at this point too far, because the main focus should be placed images of the photographer Sigrid Neubert, the bows quoted at the beginning of an input text before Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell and gardens of nature, before proceeding with her imagery comes up, accompanied by thoughts of the cited Sckell.
Your photos look unreal, like dreams or intellectual views in the past and impress them with their poetry. To a black and white photo, it reminds me of motive, a painting by Monet, one sees a lake, shady trees and a bridge. No one misses the green, but pays attention to the trees reflect in the lake almost vain. On another black and white photo shows up a lake, a gazebo, trees. One suspects that this picture was taken in a palace garden, but you are a connoisseur of Nymphenburg park needs to know that the recording originated there.
Here the impressive images, with images that I at this point, unfortunately, can describe all and small articles from Sckell like this: "The value of a natural garden is not in its vast scope, but in his inner artistic value in his . beautiful forms and images "(to quote page 25).
A black and white photo that I particularly like, is included in the fall. One is confronted with a small path that leads out of the woods. The old bridge railing is decorated with amphoras. Accompanies the image of the text:
"People the world afflicted ever and a constant cheerfulness happy long, preferably after the lovely pictures of nature, while others who feel always the fate of hard spirits had fleeing soon hope, soon the friendship or love, deceived himself the joyful circles seek to remove these and more in dark forests, sacred groves, where peace, solitude and hasten to stay high seriousness, "(quote p. 30).
A color image, the light mist on a diffuse from the sun exposed area in the Park shows, I really like, even a black and white photograph with two on pedestals standing figures, which look into the water to appear and timelessness central theme. Enchanting is the photo that has a waterfall is scanned. There is a white marble sculpture of a female figure, from which one thinks they will blow themselves amused by a constant shower .
ancient sculptures in the park, taken on a foggy day creating surreal worlds that cause mental time travel, especially, when walking alone through the park. One of the last photos shows a stone satyr, playing the flute, sitting almost unnoticed in the foliage. Before my mind's eye, we find the term "Waldeslust" and replaced by the sight of the Satyr a whole new meaning.
A wonderful book. Recommended.
