书名：Affinities: A Journey Through Images from The Public Domain Review / 关联性：来自公共领域评论的图像之旅 

作者：Adam Green 

出版：Thames & Hudson，2022 

装帧：精装，368页 

尺寸：22X28 cm

本书探索了穿越两千年视觉文化的回声与共鸣，将怪异、奇妙并让人难以忘怀的图像汇集成惊人的一册。《关联性》收录了超过500幅图像，是一场精心策划的视觉之旅，表明了跨越两千年历史的图像制作中的关联性。《公共领域评论》是一个致力于探索艺术、文学和思想史中令人好奇和引人瞩目的作品的在线杂志以及非盈利项目。本书的内容来自于大量的资料：从手稿到博物馆目录，从航行日志到维多利亚时代的魔法教材。这些图像通过视觉上彼此呼应和主线上不断发展的游戏，按照引人入胜的梦幻般逻辑顺序展开，比如孵化的鸡蛋与早期的缅甸世界地图相对照，而大理石纹饰的封面与纹身的偷渡者相遇，深海的珊瑚旁是烟花在绽放。

它既是一本艺术图书、一本资料，又是一首如万花筒般的视觉诗篇，《关联性》是一本独特的、令人着迷的出版物，每次阅读都会发现不同的东西。这本书自身就是一个引人注目的艺术对象与视觉体验，为进一步探索和创造性地参与所有形式的视觉文化与表达提供了一个发射台。

评论

“想要从非同寻常的图像中寻求灵感的设计师，或是仅仅想从意想不到的景象中获得新鲜感的人，都可以从这本书中获得大量的素材……这是一份充满想象力的汇编……它绝非一本寻常之书。”

——《室内设计》（ Interior Design）

“令人愉快的想象力……这本书是为随机翻阅而设计的。”
― BookPage网站

An exploration of echoes and resonances across two millennia of visual culture, this book brings together weird, wondrous, and unforgettable imagery in one stunning volume. 

A remarkable collection of over five hundred images, Affinities is a carefully curated visual journey illuminating connections across more than two thousand years of image-making. Drawing on a decade of archival immersion at The Public Domain Review, an online journal and not-for- profit project dedicated to exploring curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas, this volume has been assembled from a vast array of sources: from manuscripts to museum catalogs, and ship logs to primers on Victorian magic. The images are arranged in a single captivating sequence that unfurls according to a dreamlike logic, through a play of visual echoes and evolving thematic threads―hatching eggs paired with early Burmese world maps, marbled endpapers meet tattooed stowaways, and fireworks explode beside deep sea coral.

At once an art book, a sourcebook, and a kaleidoscopic visual poem, Affinities is a unique and enthralling publication that will offer something different on each visit. A compelling art object and visual experience in its own right, this collection provides a launchpad for further exploration and inventive engagement across all forms of visual culture and expression.