Author: von Debschitz, Uta
Title: Fritz Kahn
Description: Koln, Taschen, 2013. Hardcover. Matte boards with the title in red down a white spine. The free and pasted end pages are illustrated. Pages: (6), 7-390. Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. "Fritz Kahn was a German doctor, educator, popular science writer and information graphics pioneer whose brilliant work has all but fallen into oblivion. Natural science buffs, graphics professionals and anyone interested in the visual expression of ideas will be fascinated by this monograph featuring Kahn's greatest achievements." Contents are as follows: Foreword : The factories of the human body = Die Fabriken des menschlichen Körpers = Les fabriques du corps humain -- Introduction : Glimpses of Fritz Kahn's pictorial world = Einblicke in Fritz Kahns Bilderwelten = Aperçus des mondes d'images de Fritz Kahn -- Illustrations : Journey into one's own body = Reise in den eigenen Körper = Voyage dans notre propre corps -- The human body : Journey through the human body ; The chemistry of life ; The skeleton ; The musculature ; The circulatory system ; Respiration ; Man as industrial palace ; Digestion ; Nutrition ; Body temperature ; The nervous system ; The sensory organs ; Skin and hair ; Sexuality ; Medicine -- Nature : Living things ; The earth ; The heavens ; The atom ; Nature and culture -- Articles : Reports from modern life = Reportagen aus dem modernen Leben = Reportages sur la vie moderne ; Transcriptions : Einstein Sonata (Quasi una fantasia) = Einstein-Sonate (Quasi una fantasia) = Sonate Einstein (Quasi una fantasia) ; Fairy-tale journey on the bloodstream = Märchenreise auf dem Blutstrom = Voyage féerique sur le courant sanguin ; It's a miracle we live longer than two minutes = Es ist ein Wunder, dass wir länger als zwei Minuten leben = Que nous vivions plus de deux minutes est un pur miracle ; Originals : Excerpts from Fritz Kahn's publications. VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on title page. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on back pasted end page. Stamp on top text block. Two stickers on the spine.

Keywords: European Artists ; Kahn, Fritz ; ;


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