Reinhard Görner Photography
German, b. 1950
Libraries are both shelters and places of escape. It is this feeling that German photographer Reinhard Görner has been exploring for many years, in search of the most beautiful and solemn reading rooms around the world.
Intimate libraries nestled in the heart of secluded abbeys or grandiose halls of prestigious universities, for the German artist, these rooms are an inexhaustible reservoir of inspiration. Let yourself be transported through architectures, styles and eras in this portrait of Reinhard Görner, a self-taught artist with a multifaceted and contagious passion. As an architectural photographer, Reinhard worked for many years for architects before deciding to focus on his passion. His goal is to explore how the great masters of architecture have created spaces that breathe beauty and silence by playing with shadows, light, proportions, rhythms. He quickly discovered that libraries have always been and still are wonderful playgrounds for architects, allowing them to focus on the question of form and emptiness: "I see myself as an ambassador trying to convey the spirit of these builders with my photographic means".
The artist photographed and fell in love with his first library in 2005, as he was working with architect Sir Norman Foster and captured the philological library of Berlin’s Frei Universität. Since then, the cathedral-like atmosphere of New York’s Rose main reading room made a long-lasting impact on the artist and he started to intensify his documentation of libraries across the world. Görner’s photographs seek to convey the impact architecture has on our awareness of life : the libraries he captures open spaces, tell stories and refer to a time when one’s sense of aestethics and sense of space were identical. Görner’s photos refer to the vastness great architecture has been celebrating throughout history, bringing to mind historical periods where beauty and tranquility meet. His work pays a tribute to the Becher art school. Like other disciples’ – Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff and Candida Höfer – Görner’s work is strictly conceptual, combined with a fine technical approach. All their works demonstrate the same fascination for typology and record the heritage of the western cultural and industrial past.to
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Artist: Reinhard Görner
Reinhard Görner: Beinecke, New Haven (Yale Rare Books and Manuscript Library)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner captures the monumentality of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale's principal repository for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Bapst Library, Boston
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bapst Library
Boston
50 x 62.4 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 74.9 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 87.4 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed to...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Duke Humfrey's Library I, Oxford, England
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Duke Humfrey's Library I
54.2 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
65.1 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
75.9 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimme...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner 'Francke Foundations II' (Library, Halle, Germany)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale architectural photograph by German photographer Reinhard Görner depicts the Francke Foundations library in Halle, Germany. Arches open like portals into the interior, bringing public cultural heritage into private space in the rich, aged tones of wood and marble, taupe, blue and gray.
Reinhard Görner is known for invoking an atmosphere of awe, meditation and contemplation through crisp, richly detailed scenes of grand historical and cultural public narratives. This effect is enhanced through aesthetically striking compositions, which might include stunningly perfect (or interestingly-off) symmetry, portals through a series of doorways, and other careful choices of perspective and scale.
Reinhard Görner
Francke Foundations II
Halle, Germany
2014
50 x 52.6 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 63.2 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 73.7 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed
Internal Search: Reinhard Görner, Library series, Halle, Germany, Large-Scale Photography, Large-scale German photography, German Libraries, German Monuments...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Venus and Amor I, 1530, Lucas Cranach The Elder, Painting Detail Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner’s Venus and Amor I presents an exquisite close-up of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1530 masterpiece, capturing the delicate interplay of sensuality and symbolism characte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stand By Me, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner's captivating close-up botanical photograph 'Stand By Me' invites the viewer to immerse themselves in the vibrant, sensual details of a blooming flower. The striking ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Pinball Wizard, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Pinball Wizard, part of Görner's Secret World of Plants series, the interplay of vibrant greens and soft-focus spheres creates a mesmerizing, otherworldly scene. This German macro...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
George Peabody Library, Baltimore
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Peabody Library
Baltimore
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6000
74.9 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9000
87.3 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11000
signed an...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Detail From: Queen Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, Hans Maler, 1525 painting
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detail From: Queen Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
HANS MALER, 1525, PAINTING GALLERY BERLIN
2008
A striking photographic interpretation of a Renaissance masterpiece, this work by ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
DETAIL FROM: FOUR REGENTS OF THE GROOT-KRAMERGILD, 1622 painting
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detail From: Four Regents of the Groot-Kramergild
WERNER J. VAN DEN VALCKERT, 1622, PAINTING GALLERY BERLIN
Timeless authority, captured anew. In this masterful fine art photograph...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Long Room I, Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the The Long Room, an awe-inspiring vista into the Old Library at Trinity College in Dublin, Irelan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Wren Library, Cambridge, England, German Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A masterpiece of Baroque symmetry and intellectual grandeur, Reinhard Görner’s Wren Library, Cambridge captures the timeless elegance of one of Brita...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
DETAIL FROM: Self Portrait with Velvet Cap and Gown with Fur Collar, Rembrandt
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DETAIL FROM: SELFPORTRAIT WITH VELVET CAP AND GOWN WITH FUR COLLAR, 2008
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, 1634
PAINTING GALLERY BERLIN
A masterful reinterpretation by renowned photographer Reinh...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
Piazza San Marco, Italy, Architectural Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 40 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 50 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
90 x 60 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photogra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Athena, Pergamon Museum, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 60 inches
ed. of 5
$9,000
87.5 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format pho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
Biblioteca Gambalunga I, Rimini, Italy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Gambalunga I
Rimini, Italy
2022
In this photograph, a series of echoing doors serve as a portal into the interior of the Biblioteca Gambalunga in Rimini, Italy.
One of ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
'Study Center' Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Germany, Architectural Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
'Study Center'
Duchess Anna Amalia Library
Weimar, Germany
2017
A luminous ode to architectural grandeur and intellectual heritage, Reinhard Görner’s masterful phot...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
George Peabody Library, Baltimore
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Peabody Library
Baltimore
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
74.9 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
87.3 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Wren Library, Cambridge, England, German Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A masterpiece of Baroque symmetry and intellectual grandeur, Reinhard Görner’s Wren Library, Cambridge captures the timeless elegance of one of Brita...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Uris Library, Ithaca, Cornell University, Large Scale Architectural Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A mesmerizing portrait of architectural elegance and intellectual grandeur, Reinhard Görner’s Uris Library, Ithaca immerses viewers in the ornate beauty of Cornell University’s iconi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Stand By Me, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner's captivating close-up botanical photograph 'Stand By Me' invites the viewer to immerse themselves in the vibrant, sensual details of a blooming flower. The striking ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Out of Nowhere, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Out of Nowhere, part of Reinhard Görner's Secret World of Plants series, the delicate interplay of deep purples, vibrant greens, and soft-focus backgrounds creates an evocative an...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Sala dei Fiumi I (Hall of Rivers), Ducal Palace of Mantua, Italy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Embark on a visual journey into the heart of Italian architectural grandeur with Reinhard Görner's 2022 photograph, Sala dei Fiumi I. This breathtaking image captures the impressive "Hall of the Rivers" within the Ducal Palace of Mantua, a historic complex recognized as the sixth largest palace in Europe.
Built between the 14th and the 17th century by the noble Gonzaga family, the Ducal Palace of Mantua serves as a testament to Italy's rich architectural heritage and royal history. The palace complex, featuring an impressive assortment of more than 500 rooms, corridors, galleries, inner courts, and extensive gardens, spans an area of approximately 34,000 m2.
While the palace is widely recognized for Mantegna's frescos in the Camera degli Sposi (Wedding Room), the Sala dei Fiumi offers its unique allure. Created during the Habsburg rule in Mantua, this hall showcases distinctive wall paintings where the rivers of the Mantuan territory are anthropomorphized as giants.
Reinhard Görner's photograph is more than a visual delight; it's a historical journey into Italy's cultural past. Ideal for art enthusiasts, history lovers, and those with a keen eye for architectural beauty, this piece promises to enhance any collection. Allow the grandeur of the Palazzo Ducale di Mantova and the majesty of the Sala dei Fiumi to resonate within your space with this stunning image.
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner records cultural and industrial heritage through his series of photographs depicting contemporary and historical architecture, landscapes, parks, and plants. Best known for his photographs of libraries and reading rooms from around the world—in works such as George Peabody Library II, Baltimore (2017) and Riggs Library I, Washington DC (2017)—Görner captures the atmosphere of absolute silence and concentration the spaces embody while also revealing their almost cathedral-like sense of grandeur. Görner’s images have a vivid sense of depth and dimension that convey an impression of intimacy, as in Isaac Newton, Cambridge (2017), or monumentality via his precise and skilful use of framing and perspective.
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms.
An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge.
"Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm I in the Hall of Mirrors after France was defeated in 1870–1871 in the Franco-German War. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I was also signed there in 1919. In this sense, the architectural photographs of Versailles...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner 'Toreno, Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid, Spain' (Library, Madrid)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Toreno
Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid
2017
50 x 59.7 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 71.7 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 83.6 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner: Beinecke, New Haven (Yale Rare Books and Manuscript Library)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner captures the monumentality of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale's principal repository for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Pinball Wizard, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Pinball Wizard, part of Görner's Secret World of Plants series, the interplay of vibrant greens and soft-focus spheres creates a mesmerizing, otherworldly scene. This German macro...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner 'Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain' (Library, Madrid)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid
2017
55 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
66 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
77 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed
Internal Search: Reinhard Görner, Library series, Madrid, Spain, Large-Scale Photography, Large-scale German photography, Spanish Libraries, Spanish Monuments, Library Photography...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Out of Nowhere, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Out of Nowhere, part of Reinhard Görner's Secret World of Plants series, the delicate interplay of deep purples, vibrant greens, and soft-focus backgrounds creates an evocative an...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Longing, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this mesmerizing macro photograph, Görner masterfully captures the delicate interplay between form and color within a flower's intimate landscape. The soft, diaphanous pink petals...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
DETAIL FROM: FOUR REGENTS OF THE GROOT-KRAMERGILD, 1622 painting
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detail From: Four Regents of the Groot-Kramergild
WERNER J. VAN DEN VALCKERT, 1622, PAINTING GALLERY BERLIN
Timeless authority, captured anew. In this masterful fine art photograph...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Long Room IV, Trinity College Library, Dublin Ireland
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the The Long Room, an awe-inspiring vista into the Old Library at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. The vaulted ceiling arches above, while below a warm, golden light fills the room, illuminating bookshelves and cultural artifacts. The room is flanked by white marble busts of philosophers, writers, and great minds who have shaped the intellectual landscape of the Western world, adding a sense of gravitas and continuity to the space, and bringing public cultural heritage into private space in the rich, glowing tones of aged brown wood, leather and gilt.
Reinhard Görner is known for invoking an atmosphere of awe, meditation and contemplation through crisp, richly detailed scenes of grand historical and cultural narratives. This effect is enhanced through aesthetically striking compositions, which might include stunning symmetry, portals through a series of doorways, and other careful choices of perspective and scale.
Housing about 150,000 volumes, this library is not only the largest in Görlitz, but also the most significant regional library between Dresden and Wrocław. Rich in history, it stands at the crossroads of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic, serving as a beacon for historical research and knowledge transfer in the region. Lit by a warm, timeless glow, the scene leads you through multiple carved archways of antique wood, along well-trodden wooden floors, a testament to the intersection of history, knowledge, and architectural elegance.
Established in 1779 by twenty representatives from Görlitz's educated bourgeoisie and enlightened nobility, this library is a symbol of the Enlightenment movement, focusing on human reason and research across all fields of study. Today, it's open to the public and widely regarded as one of the most spectacular libraries globally.
Görner's photography celebrates libraries as both shelters and places of escape. This particular photograph is part of his quest to explore the most beautiful and solemn reading rooms around the world. Görner aims to convey how architects play with shadows, light, proportions, and rhythms to create spaces that breathe beauty and silence.
Starting from his work with architect Sir Norman Foster in 2005, Görner has meticulously documented libraries' cathedral-like atmospheres across the globe. His photographs seek to convey the impact of architecture on our awareness of life, showcasing spaces that tell stories and refer to a time when aesthetics and spatial awareness were intertwined.
Embrace the tranquility and beauty encapsulated in Görner's art and allow it to transport you to the grand arches and timeless serenity of The Long Room, Trinity College Library. Perfect for art collectors, architecture enthusiasts, and advocates of intellectual history, this piece serves as a gateway to explore the spirit of great builders through Görner's distinctive lens.
60 x 75 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 87.5 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms.
An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge.
"Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm I in the Hall of Mirrors after France was defeated in 1870–1871 in the Franco-German War. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I was also signed there in 1919. In this sense, the architectural photographs of Versailles...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Classense
Ravenna, Italy
2022
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
87 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
The...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This masterful photograph by renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner captures the timeless elegance of the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. Known as the 'cathedral of...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Longing, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this mesmerizing macro photograph, Görner masterfully captures the delicate interplay between form and color within a flower's intimate landscape. The soft, diaphanous pink petals...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Morgan Library, New York
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Library
New York
50 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label,...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This masterful photograph by renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner captures the timeless elegance of the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. Known as the 'cathedral of...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Let's Fly Away, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite fine art photograph captures the delicate interplay of light and texture, inviting the viewer to explore the ephemeral beauty of nature in intimate detail. A celebrati...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Cosmic Dance, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An intimate portrayal of nature’s elaborate choreography, Cosmic Dance is a fine art photograph that invites the viewer into a world of vibrant textures and earthy chromatics. With i...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Flaming Yellow, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this captivating macro photograph, Görner skillfully unveils the intricate interplay between texture and light within the delicate anatomy of a flower. The vibrant yellow hues rad...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Let's Fly Away, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite fine art photograph captures the delicate interplay of light and texture, inviting the viewer to explore the ephemeral beauty of nature in intimate detail. A celebrati...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Let's Fly Away, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite fine art photograph captures the delicate interplay of light and texture, inviting the viewer to explore the ephemeral beauty of nature in intimate detail. A celebrati...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Cosmic Dance, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An intimate portrayal of nature’s elaborate choreography, Cosmic Dance is a fine art photograph that invites the viewer into a world of vibrant textures and earthy chromatics. With i...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Shining Wall of Books, Yale Beinecke Library, Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A breathtaking homage to the grandeur of knowledge, Reinhard Görner’s Shining Wall of Books captures the luminous beauty of one of the world’s most revered libraries. This masterfull...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Riggs Library I, Washington DC, Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library I, Washington DC, by world-renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner, captures the timeless elegance of one of America's rare surviving cast-iron libraries. T...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Dangerous Love, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this mesmerizing macro photograph, Görner masterfully captures the delicate interplay between form and color within a flower's intimate landscape. The soft, diaphanous pink petals...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Dangerous Love, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this mesmerizing macro photograph, Görner masterfully captures the delicate interplay between form and color within a flower's intimate landscape. The soft, diaphanous pink petals...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Isaac Newton, Cambridge, Trinity College Library
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale interior architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the bust of Sir Isaac Newton in the Trinity College librar...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Sala dei Fiumi I (Hall of Rivers), Ducal Palace of Mantua, Italy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Embark on a visual journey into the heart of Italian architectural grandeur with Reinhard Görner's 2022 photograph, Sala dei Fiumi I. This breathtaking image captures the impressive "Hall of the Rivers" within the Ducal Palace of Mantua, a historic complex recognized as the sixth largest palace in Europe.
Built between the 14th and the 17th century by the noble Gonzaga family, the Ducal Palace of Mantua serves as a testament to Italy's rich architectural heritage and royal history. The palace complex, featuring an impressive assortment of more than 500 rooms, corridors, galleries, inner courts, and extensive gardens, spans an area of approximately 34,000 m2.
While the palace is widely recognized for Mantegna's frescos in the Camera degli Sposi (Wedding Room), the Sala dei Fiumi offers its unique allure. Created during the Habsburg rule in Mantua, this hall showcases distinctive wall paintings where the rivers of the Mantuan territory are anthropomorphized as giants.
Reinhard Görner's photograph is more than a visual delight; it's a historical journey into Italy's cultural past. Ideal for art enthusiasts, history lovers, and those with a keen eye for architectural beauty, this piece promises to enhance any collection. Allow the grandeur of the Palazzo Ducale di Mantova and the majesty of the Sala dei Fiumi to resonate within your space with this stunning image.
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner records cultural and industrial heritage through his series of photographs depicting contemporary and historical architecture, landscapes, parks, and plants. Best known for his photographs of libraries and reading rooms from around the world—in works such as George Peabody Library II, Baltimore (2017) and Riggs Library I, Washington DC (2017)—Görner captures the atmosphere of absolute silence and concentration the spaces embody while also revealing their almost cathedral-like sense of grandeur. Görner’s images have a vivid sense of depth and dimension that convey an impression of intimacy, as in Isaac Newton, Cambridge (2017), or monumentality via his precise and skilful use of framing and perspective.
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms.
An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge.
"Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm I in the Hall of Mirrors after France was defeated in 1870–1871 in the Franco-German War. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I was also signed there in 1919. In this sense, the architectural photographs of Versailles...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Stairway to Heaven, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 46.3 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 55.6 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 64.8 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
"The Cohen Room, Oxford", photography by Reinhard Görner, 2017
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the Cohen Room in Oxford, UK by Reinhard Görner.
Reinhard Görner was born in Leipzig (Germany) in 1950, and is a freelance architectural photographer based in Berlin.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Digital Pigment
Isaac Newton, Cambridge, England
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale interior architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the bust of Sir Isaac Newton in the Trinity College librar...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Liberalitas, Duke Humfreys Library, Oxford, England
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Liberalitas
Duke Humfrey's Library
Oxford
50 x 40 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
87.5 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Come Closer, Darling! Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This captivating macro photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner draws the viewer into the intricate, sensuous details of a blooming iris. The soft, velvety petals in shades of vio...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Stand By Me, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner's captivating close-up botanical photograph 'Stand By Me' invites the viewer to immerse themselves in the vibrant, sensual details of a blooming flower. The striking ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
The Blue Books, Upper Library, Oxford, German Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite meditation on knowledge and architectural splendor, Reinhard Görner’s The Blue Books invites the viewer into the hallowed halls of Oxford’s Upper Library. The interplay ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Uris Library, Ithaca, Cornell University, Large Scale Architectural Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A mesmerizing portrait of architectural elegance and intellectual grandeur, Reinhard Görner’s Uris Library, Ithaca immerses viewers in the ornate beauty of Cornell University’s iconi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
City Hall Law Library, Philadelphia
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
City Hall Law Library
Philadelphia
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed
50 x 63 inches
ed of 10
...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
Allegoria, Library Wolfenbüttel
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 51.5 inches
ed of 10
$6000
60 x 62 inches
ed of 7
$9000
70 x 72.3 inches
ed of 5
$11000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photograp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner 'Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid, Spain' (Library, Madrid)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid
2017
59 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
71 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
83 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed
Internal Keywords: Reinhard Görner, Library series, Madrid, Spain, Large-Scale Photography, Large-scale German photography, Spanish Libraries, Spanish Monuments, Library Photography...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Isaac Newton, Cambridge, Trinity College Library
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale interior architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the bust of Sir Isaac Newton in the Trinity College librar...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Classense
Ravenna, Italy
2022
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
87 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
The sunlit entrance to the Sala delle scienze e delle arti (Hall of sciences and arts) with the bust of Teresa Gamba (Lord Byron’s lover) in background. The vista is framed by a rhythmic repetition of gleaming wooden doorways and archways, housing shelves of antique tomes.
Reinhard Görner records cultural and industrial heritage through his series of photographs depicting contemporary and historical architecture, landscapes, parks, and plants. Best known for his photographs of libraries and reading rooms from around the world—in works such as George Peabody Library...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Sala dei Fiumi I (Hall of Rivers), Ducal Palace of Mantua
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Embark on a visual journey into the heart of Italian architectural grandeur with Reinhard Görner's 2022 photograph, Sala dei Fiumi I. This breathtaking image captures the impressive "Hall of the Rivers" within the Ducal Palace of Mantua, a historic complex recognized as the sixth largest palace in Europe.
Built between the 14th and the 17th century by the noble Gonzaga family, the Ducal Palace of Mantua serves as a testament to Italy's rich architectural heritage and royal history. The palace complex, featuring an impressive assortment of more than 500 rooms, corridors, galleries, inner courts, and extensive gardens, spans an area of approximately 34,000 m2.
While the palace is widely recognized for Mantegna's frescos in the Camera degli Sposi (Wedding Room), the Sala dei Fiumi offers its unique allure. Created during the Habsburg rule in Mantua, this hall showcases distinctive wall paintings where the rivers of the Mantuan territory are anthropomorphized as giants.
Reinhard Görner's photograph is more than a visual delight; it's a historical journey into Italy's cultural past. Ideal for art enthusiasts, history lovers, and those with a keen eye for architectural beauty, this piece promises to enhance any collection. Allow the grandeur of the Palazzo Ducale di Mantova and the majesty of the Sala dei Fiumi to resonate within your space with this stunning image.
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner records cultural and industrial heritage through his series of photographs depicting contemporary and historical architecture, landscapes, parks, and plants. Best known for his photographs of libraries and reading rooms from around the world—in works such as George Peabody Library II, Baltimore (2017) and Riggs Library I, Washington DC (2017)—Görner captures the atmosphere of absolute silence and concentration the spaces embody while also revealing their almost cathedral-like sense of grandeur. Görner’s images have a vivid sense of depth and dimension that convey an impression of intimacy, as in Isaac Newton, Cambridge (2017), or monumentality via his precise and skilful use of framing and perspective.
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms.
An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge.
"Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm I in the Hall of Mirrors after France was defeated in 1870–1871 in the Franco-German War. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I was also signed there in 1919. In this sense, the architectural photographs of Versailles...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner: Phillips Exeter Academy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Phillips Exeter Academy Library
3 sizes available
60 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
70 x 58.5 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
80 x 66.8...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Library Hall, Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz Germany, Architecture
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the Library Hall at the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences in Görlitz, Germany. Arches open like portals into the interior, bringing public cultural heritage into private space in the rich, glowing tones of brown wood.
Reinhard Görner is known for invoking an atmosphere of awe, meditation and contemplation through crisp, richly detailed scenes of grand historical and cultural public narratives. This effect is enhanced through aesthetically striking compositions, which might include stunningly perfect (or interestingly-off) symmetry, portals through a series of doorways, and other careful choices of perspective and scale.
Housing about 150,000 volumes, this library is not only the largest in Görlitz, but also the most significant regional library between Dresden and Wrocław. Rich in history, it stands at the crossroads of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic, serving as a beacon for historical research and knowledge transfer in the region. Lit by a warm, timeless glow, the scene leads you through multiple carved archways...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
Card Index, Bologna, Italy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Card Index
Bologna, Italy
2022
A classic card index with red and white labels, below a classical religious fresco and carved ceiling.
signed and numbered ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Morgan Library II, New York
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Library II
New York
50 x 62.4 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 74.9 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 87.5 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trim...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Stairway to Heaven, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 46.3 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 55.6 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 64.8 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
Morgan Library II, New York
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Library II
New York
50 x 62.4 inches
ed. of 10
$6000
60 x 74.9 inches
ed. of 7
$9000
70 x 87.5 inches
ed. of 5
$11000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Open Space, City Library, Stuttgart, Germany, German Interior Architecture Photo
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Open Space, City Library
Stuttgart, Germany
2014
Contemporary Interior Architecture Photograph
A vision of contemporary minimalism and infinite knowledge, Reinhard ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Biblioteca Archiginnasio I
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Archiginnasio
Bologna, Italy
2022
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
87 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner records cultural and industrial heritage through his series of photographs depicting contemporary and historical architecture, landscapes, parks, and plants. Best known for his photographs of libraries and reading rooms from around the world—in works such as George Peabody Library II, Baltimore (2017) and Riggs Library I, Washington DC (2017)—Görner captures the atmosphere of absolute silence and concentration the spaces embody while also revealing their almost cathedral-like sense of grandeur. Görner’s images have a vivid sense of depth and dimension that convey an impression of intimacy, as in Isaac Newton, Cambridge (2017), or monumentality via his precise and skilful use of framing and perspective.
This stunning photograph captures a vista through the storied volumes, intricately painted walls, and doorways inside the Biblioteca comunale dell'Archiginnasio (Archiginnasio Municipal Library). The Biblioteca Archiginnasio is a public library located inside the Palace of the Archiginnasio in Bologna, Italy. The largest library in Emilia-Romagna, it boasts some 850,000 volumes and pamphlets, 2,500 incunabula, 15,000 16th century editions, 8,500 manuscripts and then letters, collections of autographs, prints and drawings, and 250 archives. The library has also a section of 7,500 magazines. In 1838 a section of the building was destined to preserve the books collected from Napoleon's closure of the religious orders. Fabled patrons include the cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, Giovanni Gozzadini, Marco Minghetti, Giovanni Pascoli, Jacob Moleschott, Luigi Serra, Laura Bassi, Aurelio Saffi, Riccardo Bacchelli, Pelagio Palagi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Portals with Bookshelves, Biblioteca Joanina, Portugal
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 59.4 inches
ed. of 10
$6000
60 x 71.3 inches
ed. of 7
$9000
70 x 83.1 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format pho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
Library Hall, Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz, Germany Architecture
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the Library Hall at the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences in Görlitz, Germany. Arches open like portals into the interior, bringing public cultural heritage into private space in the rich, glowing tones of brown wood.
Reinhard Görner is known for invoking an atmosphere of awe, meditation and contemplation through crisp, richly detailed scenes of grand historical and cultural public narratives. This effect is enhanced through aesthetically striking compositions, which might include stunningly perfect (or interestingly-off) symmetry, portals through a series of doorways, and other careful choices of perspective and scale.
Housing about 150,000 volumes, this library is not only the largest in Görlitz, but also the most significant regional library between Dresden and Wrocław. Rich in history, it stands at the crossroads of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic, serving as a beacon for historical research and knowledge transfer in the region. Lit by a warm, timeless glow, the scene leads you through multiple carved archways...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Lambda
Detail From: The Saints Laurentius and Catherine, Giovanni Gaddi, 1380 painting
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detail From: The Saints Laurentius and Catherine, Giovanni Gaddi, 1380 painting
Berlin Painting Gallery
2008
Two editions available.
This 2008 conceptual photograph by German photo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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