wolfgang weingart. ricerca visiva
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Dal nieuwe bleeding alla new wavedi Sergio Polanotratto da Casabella 655, 1998
Come fare tipografia svizzera?di Wolfgang Weingarttratto da Casabella 655, 1998
Esperimenti tipograficidi Wolfgang Weingarttratto da Typography. My way to typography
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Dal nieuwe bleeding alla new wavedi Sergio Polano
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Come fare tipografia svizzera?di Wolfgang WeingartTratto da Casabella 655, 1998
Sulla tipografia svizzera
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Metodo d’insegnamento
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Sulla neutralità
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Sulla sintassi
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Sul segno
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Esperimenti tipograficidi Wolfgang WeingartTratto da My way to typography, 1998
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1. 2. Round compositions. Top and bottom.
Round Compositions
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3. Type composed in a circular cardboard ring. (Reconstruction) Printed impression of a piece of metal type. Top side.
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4. Type composed in a circular cardboard ring. (Reconstruction) Printed impression of a piece of metal type. Bottom side.
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5. Round composition. Bottom side. 1963 6. Round composition. Bottom side. 1962
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7. 8. Detail of walls from the ruins of Palmyra. 1966
9. Round composition. Bottom side. (Reconstruction). 1990
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Line Compositions
1. Line pictures. Composed with handset rules of different lengths and widths. 1964
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2. Detail of a Landscape with lines. Letterpress proofs of composed rules, bent or curved lines, and type elements. 1971
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3. Wall of a demolished house made from mud and wood in the southern section of ancient Damascus. 19664. Column from the time of the Roman Empire in Baalbek. 1966
5. Line pictures. Composed with handset rules of different lengths and widths. 1964
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6. Six columns from the Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus in the ruins of Baalbek. 19667. Main street with Corinthian colonnade in the ruins of Palmyra.
8. Line pictures. Composed with handset rules of different lengths and widths. 1964
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9. Handset type. Boardside designed for an exhibition in Stuttgart describing thoughts on typography and personal wishes. 1969
10. Detail of Landscape with lines. 197111. Exterior souther wall from the Temple of Bacchius in the ruins of Baalbek. 1966
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The M Project
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1. M composition. 1967 2. M distortion with the darkroom enlarger: streched, extended, slanted, blurred, sharp, condensed. 1965/1966
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3. M distortion with the darkroom enlarger: streched, extended, slanted, blurred, sharp, condensed. 1965/1966
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4. M composition. 1965
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Typographic Elements
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1. 2. Handset composition. Letters and circles set in Ruder’s poster typeface, semi-bold Bethold Akzidenz-Grotesk and Univers. 1971
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3. Handset type. Boardside designed for an exhibition in Stuttgart describing thoughts on typography and personal wishes. 1969
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4. Handset type. Boardside designed for an exhibition in Stuttgart describing thoughts on typography and personal wishes. 1969
5. Roman theatre in Bosra near the border of Jordan. 1966
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Repetition
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1. Handset composition. Reapeated word. 1968
2. Roman cobblestone street in Baalbek. 1966
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3. Sketchbook study. Repeated letter. 19714. Handset composition. Repeated vertical rule. 1971
5. Detail of a wall from a part of the Propylaia on the Acropolis in Athens. 1966
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Film Layers
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1. Film Layering. Worldformat poster for the city organization in support for the arts: ‘Kunstkredit Basel 1977/78
2. Film Layering. Worldformat poster for the city organization in support for the arts: ‘Kunstkredit Basel 1978/79’3. Film collage. 1973
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4. 5. 6. Film collages. Assembled with black cutout shapes and travel mementos. Including photographs of landscapes, family snapshots,
excerpts from foreign languages, train tickets and time schedules. 1973 to 1975
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7. Film Layering. Worldformat poster for the city organization in support for the arts: ‘Kunstkredit Basel 1976/77’
8. Film and paper collage. Assembled with photographs of New York. 1975
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9. Rolling desert surroundings the ruins of Palmyra. 1966
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Bibliografia
L’articolo di Sergio Polano Dal nieuwe bleeding alla new wave, e gli estratti da Come fare tipografia svizzera? (trascrizione di Polano di una conferenza di Wolfgang Weingart), sono tratti da:Casabella, mensile, n. 655, 1998
I testi e le immagini della sezione Esperimenti tipografici, sono fotocopiati e fotografati da:Weingart, Wolfgang, Typography. My way to typography Retrospective in ten section, Basel, 1998.
Le fotografie di Sguardi foto-grafici nella città sono state scattate in digitale dall’autrice del libro tra Venezia, Roma e Latina nel novembre e dicembre 2009.