Massimo Listri. The World's Most Beautiful Libraries. 40th Ed.
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Exceptional access to the worlds illustrious libraries
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. Its 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, Listris poised images capture the librarys unique atmosphere, as much as their most prized holdings and design details.
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Forlag
Taschen
Udgave
0
ISBN
9783836593816
Sprog
engelsk
Sider
512
Udgivelsesdato
25-05-2023
Format
Indbundet
Varenr.
3120099
EAN nr.
9783836593816
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.