Cellar Ghosts

Chris || 21 || Musician || Etc ||

Following

following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following following
cavetocanvas: Alfred Stieglitz, Music No. 1, 1922 From the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Stieglitz, a pioneer of modern photographic vision, was a spiritual descendant of the German Romantics. He reread Goethe’s Faust every summer, and often escaped his Fifth Avenue gallery “291” to attend Wagner matinées at the Metropolitan Opera. With the title of his 1922 series of photographs, Music, Stieglitz cued viewers to understand his photographs as expressive of nature yet free from its literal representation. Clouds, natural in origin and abstract in appearance, provided the perfect vehicle for his artistic quest. In Music No. 1, they collect and hover like unresolved chords over Stieglitz’s country home, which itself is rendered as a triad glowing in the darkening landscape.

cavetocanvas:

Alfred Stieglitz, Music No. 1, 1922

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

Stieglitz, a pioneer of modern photographic vision, was a spiritual descendant of the German Romantics. He reread Goethe’s Faust every summer, and often escaped his Fifth Avenue gallery “291” to attend Wagner matinées at the Metropolitan Opera. With the title of his 1922 series of photographs, Music, Stieglitz cued viewers to understand his photographs as expressive of nature yet free from its literal representation. Clouds, natural in origin and abstract in appearance, provided the perfect vehicle for his artistic quest. In Music No. 1, they collect and hover like unresolved chords over Stieglitz’s country home, which itself is rendered as a triad glowing in the darkening landscape.


Posted: Thursday January 26th, 2012 at 11:50pm
Originally posted by cavetocanvas.
HighRes: view
Notes: 139
  1. fromourfirstmoment reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  2. tear-for-two reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  3. placesthewindwent reblogged this from urbanautica
  4. kaihda reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  5. grumble-grumble reblogged this from emblemantiques
  6. emblemantiques reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  7. segelsexual reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  8. atrofiarte reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  9. akindofsunlight reblogged this from urbanautica
  10. marymckk reblogged this from urbanautica
  11. pantasuegra reblogged this from urbanautica
  12. littlespacey reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  13. fromtheseaofcortez reblogged this from urbanautica
  14. urbanautica reblogged this from penguinist and added:
    landscape» (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  15. love-me-to-death reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  16. passingknightly reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  17. mushroomed reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  18. real-chia-pet reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  19. nuestroputotumblr reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  20. micajon reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  21. framedfragments reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  22. nechronic420 reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  23. surtonvisage reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  24. tambourineboy reblogged this from slowdiving
  25. onwardstoelysium reblogged this from cavetocanvas
  26. journalofanobody reblogged this from cavetocanvas