Not exact matches
So it decided to take an exceptionally
detailed set of
aerial photographs.
Transforming the
aerial photograph into paint, Gerhard Richter enlarged it without adding missing
details.
«Just as those painters had an affinity for landscapes, Burtynsky explores abstract art with
aerial photographs that minimize
detail and context to create massive images that defy description.»
Because of the missing
details, the large - format cityscapes recall
aerial photographs of post-war bombed - out cities — a parallel which Gerhard Richter himself draws in retrospect: «When I look back on the townscapes now, they do seem to me to recall certain images of the destruction of Dresden during the war.