Hermann Krone Collection
Hermann Krone, didactic chart no. 6: „Die Photographie im Dienste der Naturwissenschaft“ (photography in service of the natural sciences), around 1890
The Krone Collection preserves the endowment of the photographer, scientist, university lecturer and publicist Hermann Krone (1827-1916). In 1907, he handed over the "Historisches Lehrmuseum für Photographie", a museum-like set of photographic charts and tableaus created for didactic purposes, to the newly founded Institute for Scientific Photography at Dresden Technical University (today's Institute of Applied Physics). The collection contains 137 didactic charts with more than 1,200 images which were produced using various techniques, as well as 10 tableaus featuring approximately 120 daguerreotypes. About 900 negatives, slides and stereoscopies as well as interference colour photos are also part of the collection.
Publications
Schmidt, Irene, "Hermann Krone und sein 'Historisches Lehrmuseum für Photographie' ", in: Mauersberger, Klaus (ed.), Sammlungen und Kunstbesitz der Technischen Universität Dresden, Leipzig/Dresden 1996, pp. 71-84.
Hesse, Wolfgang (ed.), Hermann Krone. Historisches Lehrmuseum für Photographie. Experiment, Kunst, Massenmedium, Dresden 1998.
Contact
Faculty of Physics
Institute of Applied Physics (IAP)
Hermann-Krone-Bau, Nöthnitzer Str. 61, EG Raum 0.02
Else Schlegel
Phone +49 351 463-33850
hermann-krone-sammlung@tu-dresden.de
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