Reinhard Görner Landscape 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
Francke Foundations II, Library, Halle, Germany, Architectural Photograph
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. The artist is praised for crisp, rich deta...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape 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
Beinecke, New Haven
Yale Rare Books and Manuscript Library
New Haven
Contemporary large scale photograph
50 x 56 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Library Hall, Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 54 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 64.7 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 75.5 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Reinhard Görner, 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, Irelan...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
The Grand Piano, Biblioteca Joanina
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 61.3 inches
ed. of 7
$9000
70 x 71.6 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Orangerie, Parc de Versailles, France
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
40 x 60 inches
ed. of 10
$5,000
50 x 75 inches
ed. of 5
$8,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentalit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sleeping Beauty, Old National Gallery, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 45 inches
ed. of 5
$6,000
80 x 60 inches
ed. of 5
$9,000
93.2 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of historical architecture, gardens, and masterpieces.
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’s ceremonial rooms have an edge on Renaissance paintings; here even a sense of world history arises within the viewer – one which continues to exert an influence today". Horst Klöver
Notes on the Old National Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Biblioteca Archiginnasio II
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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Boschereccia Palazzo, Hercolani, Bologna
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Boschereccia Palazzo
Hercolani, Bologna, Italy
2022
50 x 62.5 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 75 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 87.5 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on labe...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Malatestiana
Cesena, 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...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Schussenried Abbey I Library, Germany
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Schussenried Abbey I
Library
Germany
50" x 63"
Edition of 10
$6,000
60" x 75.7"
Edition of 7
$9,000
70" x 88.3"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Colored Columns III: Neue Museum, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New Museum, Berlin
3 sizes
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
Paper is trimm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Long Room V, Trinity College Library, Dublin Ireland
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
40 x 60 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
50 x 75 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
60 x 90 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photogra...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
The Long Room III, 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.
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.
Reinhard Görner
The Long Room, Trinity College Library
Dublin Ireland
50 x 62.5 inches
Contemporary large scale photograph
Signed and numbered on label, verso
Edition of 10
Collector gets the next number in the edition
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
The Long Room V, 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
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Schussenried Abbey Library, Germany
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Schussenried Abbey
Library
Germany
50" x 59.9"
Edition of 10
$6,000
60" x 71.9"
Edition of 7
$9,000
70" x 83.8"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Weightless Wisdom, Library, Zurich, Switzerland
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Weightless Wisdom
Library
Zurich, Switzerland
62.5" x 50"
Edition of 10
$6,000
75" x 60"
Edition of 7
$9,000
87.5" x 70"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Entrance, Biblioteca Joanina
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60x 40 inches inches
Ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 50 inches
Ed. of 7
$9,000
90 x 60 inches
Ed. of 5
$11,000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Reinhard Görner 'Inter Arma Charitas' Lisbon, Portugal
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Inter Arma Charitas
Lisbon, Portugal
2014
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, 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Greek Temple, Pergamon Museum, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Greek Temple, Pergamon Museum, Berlin
50 x 62.5 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 75 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 87.5 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Phillips Exeter Academy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Phillips Exeter Academy Library
60 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
70 x 58.5 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
80 x 66.8 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed a...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Salle Labrouste Library, Paris
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Salle Labrouste
Library
Paris, France
50" x 62.5"
Edition of 10
$6,000
60" x 75"
Edition of 7
$9,000
70" x 87.5"
Edition of 5
$11,00...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sleeping Beauty, Old National Gallery, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
80 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
93.2 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monument...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Biblioteca Marucelliana, Florence
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Marucelliana
Florence, 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
...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape 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 Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Library of Congress I, Washington DC
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Library of Congress I
Washington DC
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, 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 Landscape 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 Landscape 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 Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Biblioteca Ortopedica, Bologna, Italy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Ortopedica
Bologna, Italy
2022
A view of the main table and globe of the main scientific library in the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, named for Italian King Umberto I. The vista is framed between echoing frescoed arched ceilings, cases of scientific volumes, and geometric floor. These sixteenth-century rooms, where the books of the Olivetani Monks were kept, are located in the ancient complex of San Michele in Bosco. They were transformed into an orthopaedic hospital at the end of the nineteenth century. The library holds an important scientific collection...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
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 Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Cosmic Spheres, Biblioteca Communale, Imola, Italy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cosmic Spheres,
Biblioteca Comunale
Imola, Italy
2022
In this photograph, light strikes an an elegant green and wood armillary sphere on a black and gold lathe mount, before a seri...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Sleeping Beauty, Old National Gallery, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 45 inches
ed. of 5
$6,000
80 x 60 inches
ed. of 5
$9,000
93.2 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of historical architecture, gardens, and masterpieces.
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’s ceremonial rooms have an edge on Renaissance paintings; here even a sense of world history arises within the viewer – one which continues to exert an influence today". Horst Klöver
Notes on the Old National Gallery and Sleeping Beauty:
The Old National Gallery (Alte Nationalgalerie) is the original home of the Nationalgalerie, whose collections today are divided between the New National Gallery, the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum for Contemporary Art – Berlin, the Friedrichswerder Church, Museum Berggruen and the Collection Scharf-Gerstenberg.
The idea of establishing a cultural and educational centre across from the Berlin Palace...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Library of Congress I, Washington DC
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Library of Congress I
Washington DC
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Boston Public Library
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Boston Public Library
55.4 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
66.5 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
77.6 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbere...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Ganymed, Palazzo Grimani, Venice
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 49 inches
ed of 10
$6,000
60 x 59 inches
ed of 7
$9,000
70 x 68.8 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
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner 'Menendez y Pelayo' Madrid
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Menendez y Pelayo
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid
2017
40 x 60 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
50 x 75 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is tri...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape 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 Landscape 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 Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner 'Inter Arma Charitas' Lisbon, Portugal
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Inter Arma Charitas
Lisbon, Portugal
2014
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, 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 Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Salle Labrouste Library, Paris
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Salle Labrouste
Library
Paris, France
50" x 62.5"
Edition of 10
$6,000
60" x 75"
Edition of 7
$9,000
70" x 87.5"
Edition of 5
$11,00...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Boston Public Library
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Boston Public Library
55.4 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
66.5 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
77.6 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbere...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Biblioteca Ortopedica, Bologna, Italy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Ortopedica
Bologna, Italy
2022
A view of the main table and globe of the main scientific library in the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, named for Italian King Umberto I. The vista is framed between echoing frescoed arched ceilings, cases of scientific volumes, and geometric floor. These sixteenth-century rooms, where the books of the Olivetani Monks were kept, are located in the ancient complex of San Michele in Bosco. They were transformed into an orthopaedic hospital at the end of the nineteenth century. The library holds an important scientific collection...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, 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 Landscape 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 Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Riggs Library I, Washington DC
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library
Washington DC
57 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
68 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
79.8 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
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