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The World's Most Beautiful Libraries

por Massimo Listri (Fotógrafo), Georg Ruppelt (Autor), Elisabeth Sladek (Autor)

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From the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to a camel bookmobile on the Kenyan-Somali border, 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. Featured libraries include the papal collections of the Vatican Apostolic Library, Trinity College Library, home to the Book of Kells and Book of Durrow, and the priceless holdings of the Laurentian Library in Florence, the private library of the powerful House of Medici, designed by Michelangelo. With meticulous descriptions accompanying each featured library, we learn not only of the libraries' astonishing holdings - from which highlights are illustrated - but also of their often lively, turbulent, or controversial pasts. Like Altenburg Abbey in Austria, an outpost of imperial Catholicism repeatedly destroyed during the European wars of religion. Or the Franciscan monastery in Lima, Peru, with its horde of archival Inquisition documents. At once a bibliophile beauty pageant, an ode to knowledge, and an evocation of the particular magic of print, Listri Libraries is above all a cultural-historical pilgrimage to the heart of our halls of learning, to the stories they tell, as much as those they gather in printed matter along polished shelves --publisher description.… (más)
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This should really be a 'standard' size book. (8.5x11 ish) or larger. This size just does not do the pictures justice. I have been to a number of the beautiful places, because of the picture size many details are not visible, or you just cannot discern the grandeur. ( )
  A2Zhunter | Dec 4, 2023 |
Dalle maestose sale di Alessandria a una biblioteca a dorso di cammello al confine tra Kenya e Somalia, l'umanità ha sempre avuto una fascinazione per le raccolte dl libri. Nessun altro luogo o concetto comunica un tale senso di infinite possibilità come questi templi del sapere, della conoscenza e dell'immaginazione: varcare le loro porte significa entrare nel regno della scoperta, dove ogni manoscritto sbiadito o imponente tomo rilegato rivela una nuova e seducente idea, una remota fantasia, un'antica credenza, una convinzione religiosa, o un modo completamente nuovo dl stare al mondo. In questo nuovo viaggio fotografico che parte dal 766 d.C., Massimo Listri visita alcune delle biblioteche più belle e antiche al mondo per rivelarne le meraviglie architettoniche, storiche e intellettuali. Accompagnandoci attraverso grandi porte di legno, su ripide scale a chiocciola e lungo magnifici corridoi dl scaffali, Listri ci guida nelle biblioteche più straordinarie del mondo, dalle pubbliche alle private, passando per le accademiche e le monastiche. Queste istituzioni medievali, classiche, barocche, rococò e ottocentesche custodiscono alcuni dei più preziosi documenti del pensiero e delle azioni umane, redatti e stampati su manoscritti, volumi, papiri e incunaboli. Nelle sue eleganti immagini, Listri riesce a catturare l'atmosfera unica di ogni biblioteca, dedicando una particolare attenzione ai dettagli degli ambienti e ai volumi più preziosi. Tra i siti selezionati troviamo la Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, la Trinity College Library, dove sono custoditi il Libro di Kells e l'Evangelano di Durrow, nonché l'inestimabile collezione della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze, appartenuta alla potente famiglia dei Medici, progettata da Michelangelo. Le minuziose descrizioni delle biblioteche analizzano non solo le loro splendide collezioni - con illustrazioni dei tomi più pregiati - ma anche la loro storia, spesso movimentata, turbolenta e controversa: come quella dell'abbazia di Altenburg in Austria, avamposto dell'imperialismo cattolico più volte distrutto durante le guerre di religione europee, o quella del monastero francescano di Lima, in Perù, con il suo notevole archivio dell'Inquisizione. Sfilata di bellezza bibliofila, ode alla conoscenza ed evocazione della peculiare magia della stampa, «Massimo Listri Libraries. Memories of the World» è soprattutto un pellegrinaggio storico-culturale al cuore dei luoghi dov'è custodita la conoscenza, ma anche di tutte le storie che raccontano e che conservano stampate nei loro eleganti scaffali. ( )
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From the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to a camel bookmobile on the Kenyan-Somali border, 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. Featured libraries include the papal collections of the Vatican Apostolic Library, Trinity College Library, home to the Book of Kells and Book of Durrow, and the priceless holdings of the Laurentian Library in Florence, the private library of the powerful House of Medici, designed by Michelangelo. With meticulous descriptions accompanying each featured library, we learn not only of the libraries' astonishing holdings - from which highlights are illustrated - but also of their often lively, turbulent, or controversial pasts. Like Altenburg Abbey in Austria, an outpost of imperial Catholicism repeatedly destroyed during the European wars of religion. Or the Franciscan monastery in Lima, Peru, with its horde of archival Inquisition documents. At once a bibliophile beauty pageant, an ode to knowledge, and an evocation of the particular magic of print, Listri Libraries is above all a cultural-historical pilgrimage to the heart of our halls of learning, to the stories they tell, as much as those they gather in printed matter along polished shelves --publisher description.

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