Berlin University of the Arts

Photographs from the Berlin University of the Arts 1850

Photographs from the Berlin University of the Arts 1850

Paragons Afterimages, the exhibition title refers to correlations between images, but also their production, referring to the connections between images and a method of using existing images to produce new ones. In the art schools of the 19th and early 20th centuries, photographs served as models or paragons and were employed purely for teaching purposes. Budding artists used photographic templates…