Handwritten note by Moholy-Nagy on a photo idea with bird's eye and worm's eye view László Moholy-Nagy between 1937-1946.

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Handwritten note by Moholy-Nagy on a photo idea with bird's eye and worm's eye view László Moholy-Nagy between 1937-1946.

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This is a hand written note by Moholy-Nagy on on a photo idea. His idea as he writes, "Die [ungedeckte?] Perspective" includes the bird's eye view, a worm's eye view and multiple images together. He also references the English artist William Hogarth (1697-1746) who was a master of perspective in his work and produced an engraving which included a mix of different perspectives titled "Satire on False Perspective" for John Joshua Kirby's pamphlet on linear perspective.

[1] page ; 26 cm.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Hirsch Library, Hirsch Library

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Hirsch Library, Hirsch Library

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Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946

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László Moholy-Nagy (1894-1946) was a painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, film maker, theorist and teacher who was a major figure in the Bauhaus movement, first in Germany and later instrumental in bringing the Bauhaus philosophy to the United States. His work spanned many genres. He was influenced by the Constructivists, Dadists and the Suprematists. In 1922 he was appointed to Bauhaus school of design in Berlin, staying until 1928. After working in commercial practice in Europe, he mov...