Massimo Listri. The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

《马西莫.利斯特里 图书馆》

出版社：‎TASCHEN; 第 Multilingual 版 (2018年7月11日)

语言：‎多种语言

精装：‎560页

ISBN-10：‎3836535246

ISBN-13：‎978-3836535243

商品重量：‎7.02 kilograms

尺寸：‎32.4 x 8.2 x 45.7 cm

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

从古代亚历山大的宏伟大厅到纽约摩根图书馆的格子天花板，人类与图书馆之间有着长久而兴高采烈的关系。与其他任何概念和空间不同，知识、学习和想象力的集合提供了一种无限可能性的感觉。这是一个不同的领域，在这里，每一本褪色的手稿或精装的大部头都可能揭示出一个具有挑衅性的新想法、一个遥远的幻想、一种全新的世界存在方式。

在这一新的摄影之旅中，马西莫.利斯特里前往一些古老的图书馆，展示它们的建筑、历史和富有想象力的奇迹。他穿过巨大的木门，沿着螺旋形楼梯，沿着精致的书架式走廊，带领我们穿过的私人、公共、教育和寺院图书馆，这些图书馆的历史可以追溯到766年。在它们之间，这些中世纪、古典、巴洛克、洛可可和19世纪的机构保存着一些珍贵的人类思想和行为记录，以手稿、卷、纸莎草卷轴和孵化器的形式刻下和印刷。在每一张照片中，Listri的泰然自若的图像都捕捉到了图书馆独特的氛围，以及它们珍贵的藏品和设计细节。

From the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to the coffered ceilings of the Morgan Library in New York, human beings have had a long, enraptured relationship with libraries. Like no other concept and like no other space, the collection of knowledge, learning, and imagination offers a sense of infinite possibility. It’s the unrivaled realm of discovery, where every faded manuscript or mighty clothbound tome might reveal a provocative new idea, a far-flung fantasy, an ancient belief, a religious conviction, or a whole new way of being in the world.

In this new photographic journey, Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries to reveal their architectural, historical, and imaginative wonder. Through great wooden doors, up spiraling staircases, and along exquisite, shelf-lined corridors, he leads us through outstanding private, public, educational, and monastic libraries, dating as far back as 766. Between them, these medieval, classical, baroque, rococo, and 19th-century institutions hold some of the most precious records of human thought and deed, inscribed and printed in manuscripts, volumes, papyrus scrolls, and incunabula. In each, Listri’s poised images capture the library’s unique atmosphere, as much as their most prized holdings and design details.