| Title |
Study on the meaning of Typophoto by Lazlo Moholy-Nagy |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5659/JAIK_PD.2015.31.1.105 |
| Keywords |
Moholy-Nagy ; Typophoto ; typography ; photography ; Bauhaus |
| Abstract |
Today is an age of consilience. Moholy-Nagy is an artist to try consilience approach in various genre in the early 20th century. The purpose of this study is to find out the meaning of Typophoto in the point of view which Moholy-Nagy is a theorist rather than an artist who opened a new horizon of photographic art. Explanation of Typophoto exists in Bauhaus book "Painting, Photography, Film' written by Moholy-Nagy. 'Dynamic of the metropolis' which is introduced in the same book is only one existing Typophoto. So far Typophoto is considered as a collage of typography and photography. However, it is only determined by the formal logic. This study will analyse texts and works by Moholy-Nagy and reveal to intention of Typophoto as a true art of consilience. |