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Title: Library, The
Author: CAMPBELL JAMES/PRYCE WILL
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 30/07/2020
Imprint: THAMES & HUDSON
Price: $60.00
Publishing status: Active
Ambitious and wide-ranging, this is the first single volume to tell the story of the library as a distinct building type, all around the world and from the beginnings of writing to the present day. In its highest form the library is a total work of art, combining painting, sculpture, furniture and architecture. From their designs for the libraries of ancient Rome to those of the Bibliothque Nationale in Paris, architects have sought to outdo each other by producing ever more spectacular settings.
The author and photographer have travelled the globe, documenting some eighty libraries. Architectural historian James Campbell contributes an authoritative and highly readable account. Will Pryce is one of the world’s leading photographers of interiors and architecture. Arresting and technically flawless, his photographs are both lucid and deeply atmospheric.
ISBN: 9780500023525
Weight: 300gr
Dimension: 293mm X 228mm
Pages: 328