This seductive volume features a recently rediscovered cache of captivating portraits from another time and place: a golden age of cinema and cabaret in Vienna of the 1920s and 1930s. The Manasses, a husband-and-wife team from the Vienesse "beau monde," used retouching techniques to create surreal and "noir" images that seethe with an erotic symbolism barely concealed beneath a mask of glorious styling, elegant poses, and extravagant costumes. Photographic historian Monika Faber examines this work as part of the world of a ...
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This seductive volume features a recently rediscovered cache of captivating portraits from another time and place: a golden age of cinema and cabaret in Vienna of the 1920s and 1930s. The Manasses, a husband-and-wife team from the Vienesse "beau monde," used retouching techniques to create surreal and "noir" images that seethe with an erotic symbolism barely concealed beneath a mask of glorious styling, elegant poses, and extravagant costumes. Photographic historian Monika Faber examines this work as part of the world of a cinema-enthralled Vienna, while an accompanying D.H. Lawrence story enhances the erotic climate of the images.
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Very Good. 0789302349. Dust soiling to the rear cover. Story by D.H. Lawrence; essay by Monika Faber and translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo. Photographs taken in Vienna in the 1920s and 30s.; Trade PB; 159 pages.
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