CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF FERN ANDRA (1894–1974)
CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF FERN ANDRA (1894–1974) American actress, director and script writer, around 1920, postcard, private possession
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CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF LUCIANO ALBERTINI (1882–1945)
CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF LUCIANO ALBERTINI (1882–1945) Italian actor and producer 1920s, postcard, private possession
THE TYPICAL FACE
The focus on the face had another dimension. Photographers on the left and right of the political spectrum of the Weimar Republic attempted to classify and order the social world via the face. Individual expression was replaced by ethnic groups or professions. Erich Retzlaff’s popular illustrated books are representative of this. In the 1930s, he …
FACES
Many of the exhibited postcards focus on the faces of the Professors. The faces almost take up the entire space and appear as if they had emerged from it. By frequently leaving the base of neck and shoulder blurry, the person is fully reduced to countenance alone. This focus is in the tradition of portrait …
THE PROFESSOR AS A CELEBRITY
The postcards of the Göttingen student alliance, on each of which the portraits had an autograph-like signature, follow the style of star photographs from Weimar era cinema. From the 1920’s onwards, the major movie production companies began to offer postcard collections of their actors in order to create a deeper emotional bond with the new …
CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF KARL LUDWIG DIEHL
CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF KARL LUDWIG DIEHL (1896–1958), German actor, 1930s, postcard, private possession
CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF FERN ANDRA
CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF FERN ANDRA (1894–1974), American actress, director and script writer, around 1920, postcard, private possession
CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF LUCIANO ALBERTINI
CELEBRITY POSTCARD OF LUCIANO ALBERTINI (1882–1945), Italian actor and producer 1920s, postcard, private possession
THE TYPICAL FACE
THE TYPICAL FACE The focus on the face had another dimension. Photographers on the left and right of the political spectrum of the Weimar Republic attempted to classify and order the social world via the face. Individual expression was replaced by ethnic groups or professions.Erich Retzlaff’s popular illustrated books are representative of this. In the …
SEVEN POSTCARDS OF GÖTTINGEN PROFESSORS IN THE MUNICH MEDICINE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SEVEN POSTCARDS OF GÖTTINGEN PROFESSORS IN THE MUNICH MEDICINE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER photographers: Erich Retzlaff, A. Schmidt, photos State and University Library of Göttingen, Voit Collection MAX VOIT (1876–1949) Professor of Anatomy (top) HUGO FUCHS (1875–1954) Professor of Anatomy (top) GEORG BENNO GRUBER (1884–1977) Professor of Pathology (top) EUGEN VON HIPPEL (1867–1939) Professor of Ophthalmology (center) HERMANN …
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