Griechische bildwerke ..
A 1908 German photographic catalogue of Greek sculpture by Max Sauerlandt, published in Düsseldorf and Leipzig by K. R. Langewiesche for a scholarly and art-historical audience. The plates are plain black-and-white photographs of single marble and bronze statues and busts shot against a neutral ground, with the sculptures isolated and evenly lit. A designer could take from them the classical contrapposto poses, draped standing figures, and the wavy hair and fillet details that define Greek idealised portraiture.
