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MAX VOIT

MAX VOIT: PORTRAITS OF TWO CENTURIES OF GÖTTINGEN PROFESSORS (1737–1937), Göttingen 1937

ABRAHAM GOTTHELF KAESTNER (1719–1800)

ABRAHAM GOTTHELF KAESTNER (1719–1800), Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Director of the Observatory, Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger, 1770, oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen 

DAVID HILBERT (1862–1943)

DAVID HILBERT (1862–1943)Professor of Mathematics, Eugen Spiro, 1928, oil on canvas, Mathematical Institute

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 …

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