Tigersprung: Fashion in Modernity

Far from being a frivolous subject, fashion is the supreme expression of the contemporary spirit. Sartorial elements embody the pace and rhythm of modern society and culture as few other ideas or commodities do. Indeed, the hallmarks of la modernité found their most immediate reflection in la mode. But no one until now has attempted a rigorous analysis of fashion, on a par with attempts to construct a philosophy of art, music, or literature. In this book Ulrich Lehmann sets out to do just that. He explores the interplay between philosophical ideas and fashion, reading texts and textiles, discourse and dresses, to investigate modernity from a variety of perspectives: artistic, philosophical, sociological, and historical. The stage for this interplay between intellectual concept and sartorial expression is Parisian society from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Lehmann focuses on a core of pivotal individuals, beginning with Charles Baudelaire in the 1850s, continuing with Stéphane Mallarmé and Georg Simmel, and arriving at Walter Benjamin, Louis Aragon, and André Breton almost a century later. The book's title comes from Benjamin's use of the German word Tigersprung (tiger's leap) to describe fashion's leap into the past to create an ever-changing present. Lehmann focuses in particular on Benjamin's Arcades Project as an unfinished work on the philosophy of fashion. He also looks at the role of fashion in the work of the Dadaists and surrealists, who used clothes and accessories as simulacra for the human body and mind. Fashion, according to Lehmann, does not just reflect social change but is a social force in its own right. In creating the perfect expression of the contemporary spirit—by drawing on the past—fashion excels at anticipating things to come.

Arts & Photography

Lehmann, Ulrich

Graphic Design

Mit Pr

The ammonites : their life and their world. Author: Ulrich Lehmann. Publisher: Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981. Edition/Format: Book : English. ISBN: 0521236274 9780521236270. OCLC Number: 7197216. Language Note: Translation of: Ammoniten. Description: xi, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Other Titles: Ammoniten. Responsibility: Ulrich Lehmann ; translated by Janine Lettau.

The Ammonites: Their Life and Their World

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Cambridge University Press

Text: English, German (translation)

Fossil Invertebrates (Cambridge Earth Science Series)

Hillmer, G.

Book by Lehmann, Ulrich, Hillmer, G.

Fashion and Materialism (Technicities)

A cultural and historical philosophy of fashion in economic and social life from the 1830s to the present day Ulrich Lehmann brings together methods and ideas from social sciences and material production to offer a new political reading of fashion in today's post-democracy. Accessing rare source material across a wide range of European languages and cultures, he offers insight into new working structures in the manufacture of garments and textiles.

History & Criticism

Edinburgh University Press

Nan Goldin shoots campaigns for Prada, David LaChapelle does Camel cigarette ads, and Jurgen Teller got his start photographing models in i-d, w, and The Face. The debate between aesthetic images and commercial pressure has perhaps never been so relevant and complex as it is today, with the increasing commercialization of the art world, the not insignificant exploratory aspects of fashion photography, and our constantly expanding realm of visual references. To study these tensions and overlaps, Chic Clicks invited some 40 photographers to present both their free work and their published editorials from fashion magazines and advertising campaigns. Photographers well-known for their commercial work offer personal and exploratory prints; those who gained prominence in the fine arts display work they were subsequently hired to do for fashion companies and magazines. Accompanying essays approach fashion photography from various perspectives, from that of cutting-edge fashion magazines to the field of contemporary art photography.

Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography

Medvedow, Jill

Lipovetsky, Gilles

DiCorcia, Philip-Lorca

Day, Corinne

Stahel, Urs

Williams, Valerie

Wurm, Edwin

PRINCE, Richard

Photography & Video

Hatje Cantz Publishers

Alexander Calder’s BMW 3.0 CSL from 1975 was the first in a series of BMW Art Cars brought to life by Hervé Poulain, art lover and auto racing enthusiast, in collaboration with BMW’s Jochen Neerpasch. This volume presents 17 artists who have designed BMWs, including Sandro Chia, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Michael Jagamara, A.R. Penck, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol.

BMW Art Cars

Sims, Lowery Stokes

Karcher, Eva

Candela, Iria

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Hatje Cantz

Der Gegenstand der Studie sind Urkunden aus Girsu (Telloh), in welchen die Personennamen dsara-i-sa6 und ur-ba-gara auftreten. Die Urkunden werden mit Blick auf ihre Sachgehalte, prosopographische und andere Indikatoren ausgewertet. Die aus der Auswertung resultierenden Argumente erlauben den Charakter der Urkunden methodisch von fruheren, spateren und kontemporaren ahnlichen Gruppen von Urkunden abzuheben. Die Chronologie betreffende Fragen werden in Auseinandersetzung mit der Forschungsgeschichte und der Debatte um Lagas II besprochen.

Dsara-i-sa6 Und Ur-ba-gara: Untersuchungen Zu Den Verwaltungstexten Der Neusumerischen Lagas Ii-periode Aus Girsu (Alter Orient Und Altes Testament, 430) (German Edition)

History

Ancient Civilizations

Ugarit-Verlag

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