Seeing so many celebrity photographs from the beginning of Ms. Leibovitz's career unveils many of the most effective methods that she uses to create her deep insights into the subject of the portrait. Although you may feel the subtlety of her work viscerally, these comparisons make it easier to appreciate the purposefulness of how the effects are brilliantly captured. If you are like me, this book will enhance your already deep appreciation of her work.
Before going into all the reasons I like this book, let me mention that the book contains tasteful nudity and sexual situations that would probably cause an R rating for a motion picture (or possibly something a bit stronger, like an R plus). Many parents would be uncomfortable with some of their children seeing these images. So judge the appropriateness of this wonderful book for your own family.
First, Ms. Leibovitz is looking for the soul of the person. Who are they at the core? This is captured by establishing a composition that overtly expresses this inner kernel of truth. For Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold, this is captured by mud wrestling. For Muhammad Ali, you see a fully confident, capable man fully comfortable with himself and the world.
Second, she captures the subject's personality with posing and expression within the composition. Whoopi Goldberg's playfulness is captured by a composition that has little bits of her beautiful blackness emerging from a milk bath, with a characteristicly wry, happy smile.
Third, she shows the social mask that the subject uses. Lily Tomlin's face poses behind a television set image. Diane Keaton is shown wandering around with her face averted from the camera to capture her preference for privacy and appearance of shyness. Keith Haring appears wearing nothing but his painted on designs.
Fourth, she connects her subject to another person where that helps to establish part of the person's reality. John Lennon appears in foetal position with Yoko Ono, in that famous image from this book's cover. The Rolling Stones are literally flying through the air at the same time while performing. The Grateful Dead are asleep on each other's shoulders. Interestingly, she is usually able to do this with a humorous, light touch that dispells some of the celebrity power of the person.
Fifth, she lets a little slip in composure or a little blemish show where that adds to the underlying reality. Louis Armstrong looks scared in one classic portrait pose, while totally relaxed and in control in a less formal setting. Mick Jagger's partially healed scar is shown in another image. Jodie Foster puts on an intelligent expression that shows the Yale graduate rather than the young female star.
Sixth, she captures motion in ways that give the kinesthetics of the person and situation wonderfully. For example, a group of prisoners and family members hug at Soledad Prison in California at Christmas in 1971. You see many different relationships in this one image. It's like a microcosm of all humanity.
Here are my favorite images:
John Lennon, New York City, 1970
Louis Armstrong, Queens, New York, 1971
Christmas, 1971, Soledad Prison, California
The Grateful Dead, San Rafael, California, 1971
Ray Charles, San Francisco, 1972
Lily Tomlin, Los Angeles, 1973
Richard Pryor, Los Angeles, 1974
Andy Warhol, New York City, 1976
Tennessee Williams, Key West, Florida, 1974
Ron Kovic, Santa Monica, California, 1973
The Rolling Stones, Philadelphia, 1975
Brian Wilson, Malibu, California, 1976
Muhammad Ali, Chicago, 1978
Robert Penn Warren, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1980
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, New York City, December 8, 1981
Greg Louganis, Los Angeles, 1984
Bruce Springsteen, Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1987
Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley, California, 1984
Twyla Tharp, New York City, 1989
Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, 1989
Mikhail Baryshnikov, New York City, 1989
After you have enjoyed the book, I suggest that you make a drawing that does a similar unveiling of someone you know well. You might even consider a self-portrait. Ms. Leibovitz says those are the hardest to do.
Look deeply into those all around you and see the truth . . . as well as the fictions.

两个看上去截然不同的人，受到同一种压迫制度的不公正对待，在监狱里住在一起。这就是向往革命的理想主义者瓦伦丁和向往成为“致命女人”的同性恋者莫利纳的故事。在他们二人之间展开了一场奇妙的对话，围绕的中心是我们这个世纪的两个乌托邦：好莱坞和革命。
这部小说写于一九七六年，并立即在阿根廷被禁止，但它一直被批评界视为曼努埃尔·普伊格最优秀的小说之一。小说在形式上异乎寻常，没有传统的“权威”叙述者，完全由对话写成，且没有任何是谁在说话的暗示，因而要求读者积极参与对故事的阐释。根据这部小说改编的电影和戏剧作品在世界范围内产生了令人难忘的影响。

这本书既是传统笔记体的短篇小说集，一本有关各种各样奇异的动物的故事和传说集子，也可以算是具有同一基调的小长篇。作者徐来用极其传统严谨的笔记小说形式，运用想象力和博尔赫斯式的才华，把具有中国风格的动物故事写得玄幻无比。
《想象中的动物》是徐来的第一部作品，曾以专栏的形式发表于《上海一周》、《新京报》等多家报刊。

1994年2月一个阴郁寒冷的早上，两名窃贼潜进了挪威奥斯陆国立美术馆，轻易地窃走了价值七千两百万的挪威国宝——蒙克的《呐喊》。窃贼料准了这天早上是当年冬季奥运开幕的日子，全世界的焦点都放在奥运上，只花了两分钟，两名窃贼便载着蒙克的这幅巨作扬长而去。
窃贼并没有用到什么高科技手法，但挪威警方束手无策，只好请来号称全世界最伟大的艺术品侦探、英美混血的苏格兰场秘密警探查理希尔。此君个性张扬，胆大妄为，活脱脱一个从侦探小说中走出来的人物，而可疑的嫌犯也举目皆是，既有富甲一方的贵族，也有曾偷窃过伦勃朗名画的肖小。
凭着一支生花妙笔，爱德华·多尔尼克将这个案件写得有如一本侦探小说，暴露了艺术界不为人知的黑暗面。书中穿插了许多艺术界的奇闻轶事，介绍了历史上有名的艺术窃案与窃贼，以及世界上许多悬而未决的博物馆窃案。

《极少主义(绘画雕塑文学建筑)》由中国建筑工业出版社出版。

本书介绍了勒·柯布西埃的106个住宅设计项目，书中的每个设计作品都有简洁的文字说明，并配有详尽的模型和平面图展示。另外，本书还附有安藤忠雄和加藤道夫对柯布西埃住宅的精辟诠释以及富永让与妹岛和世的对谈录，通过此书，读者可以更为真实地接近和把握建筑大师柯布西埃在住宅上的设计精神及此宣言的完成过程。

自帕拉第奥以来，没有哪位建筑师拥有如勒·柯布西耶一样持久的影响力正像爱因斯坦和毕加索一样，勒·柯布西耶在本行业内外都造成了巨大的冲击。通过为数众多的建筑设计、城市项目、绘画、雕塑、蓝图和著述，他成功地发展了一种独特的机器与隐喻的诗学，对人们观察、应用和创造建筑的方式造成了革命性的影响。勒·柯布西耶不仅仅是现代建筑的设计师，也是现代生活的设计师。
本书以一种简洁而全面的方式探讨勒·柯布西耶的建筑事业，这种方法与上世纪革命性的进步相关联而勒·柯布西耶的建筑事业正是在这样土壤中得以萌芽，我们可以从中读出勒·柯布西耶是怎样在新的哲学思想体系、先锋派文化、社会政治经济运动以及新技术的语境中进行工作，从中不仅仅创造了精妙的平衡，并且实现了综合。本书进一步阐明，勒·柯布西耶本人作为创造者，构思、诱导并促成了20世界进步中许多的部分。勒·柯布西耶不仅是20世纪的建筑师，也是人类创造里的原型。

这个集子从各个角度来讲，都是面目一新，独树一帜，出乎人们的意料，顿时引起了社会各界人士的倾注。某些人认为这个怪物般的诗集是伤风败俗和亵读神明的。波德莱尔因此吃了一场官司，诗集不仅被禁，而且诗人和出版商都被罚了款。可是当时正流放在英法海峡间盖尔勒赛岛上的雨果却对此书大加赞扬，说它犹如“光辉夺目的星星”，给法国诗坛带来了“新的颤栗”。雨果的这一论断随着时间的推移。越来越显得正确和公允了。正是这部《恶之花》开创
了法国近代诗歌的新时代，在西方诗坛上留下了不可磨灭的影响。人们也越来越清楚地认识到，这是一部艺术技巧十分高超而思想内容又极其丰富的作品。

荣格说：我的一生是一个潜意识充分发挥的故事……这种罕有旅程的诚挚传记，记录他终生无止尽的困惑、疑沮与不快乐，完成了一本深具思想史意义的独特自传。生命就像以根茎来延续生命的植物，真正的生命是看不见、深藏于根茎的；露出地面的部分生命，只能延续一个夏季，然后凋谢。然而，我从未失去的是埋藏于内心深处的潜意识，它持续地在永恒的流动中生存；我的梦境、各种幻觉犹如火红的岩浆，于是，我欲加工的生命在其中被赋予了形状。

波德里亚在1980-1985年间的思想碎片。关于性、福柯、阿尔法·罗密欧、白血病、天主教、柏林路、洛朗·法比尤斯、让-保罗二世、玫瑰、南极洲、列赫·瓦文萨、泥地摔跤、季诺维也夫、色情电影、雪、女权主义、雅克·拉康、史蒂维·旺德、麦克尔·杰克逊、帕勒莫、DNA和恐怖主义。这本书具有一种忧郁的气质，而忧郁正是事物的特定状态。

弗朗索瓦・邦1982年出版的第一本小说《工厂出口》，他选定了受到当今经济和文化体系所排挤的社会生活――罪行、失业者、边缘人、死亡、工厂、郊区、监狱――为其文学表现的范围。
弗朗索瓦・邦显然像是一个排除了所有的可能性之后专事于底层考察的社会调研员。他本人生活在工厂的经历使他写出了最直接来自机床、打卡机、底托牵引车和嗓音的宣叙调，他的笔端常常涉及罪行、失业者、边缘人、死亡、工厂、郊区、监狱。人们阅读这些书，同时也改变着习惯上对于一部小说的期待。在邦的小说里，叙事被行动、独白和物品的清单分担着，极少有眩目的过渡和润饰。作为底层大众的代表，他的物理的、语法的方式正好是为他的作家同伴们所弃绝的。他好像是不懂得属于文学世界的语句与属于底层社会的语句有着根本的差异，他强行推动着他那沉闷、枯燥的语言机器，成为了这一代人中不合群的典型。

离开他的妻子并不是全部，还得走得更远些。费里斯・费雷因此起程前往北极转了一圈，在那，大浮冰围信的一个宝物等了他半个世纪。
艾什诺兹是位逃避的小说家，似乎他从未停止用动词“出发”的所有形式以及它的所有变体给它变位。他的作品是抛弃、决裂以及失踪的最高点。那些人物奔跑着，漂泊着，寻找着。那些精疲力竭的女人和那些极端敏感的男人走向何方？然而当人们跃入空里，得当心别被系在一条橡皮带上。

Contemporary art, continued Unless you regularly trawl the Chelsea galleries, hang out at the Tate Modern, peruse the Pompidou, attend every Biennale, and religiously read Artforum, you could probably use a primer on the art scene in the world today. Fortunately we've created our second Art Now volume to keep art fans abreast of the latest trends and hottest names. Featuring over 130 artists in A-Z entries with biographical information and exhibition history as well as images of important recent work—plus a bonus illustrated index of current auction prices—Art Now II is the guide to what's happening and who's who in contemporary art.

Following his first show in Paris in 1981, Yamamoto became an instant success and has risen to the ranks of the world's top designers. This volume explores his pioneering approach to fashion - his loose, unstructured garments which have become a striking alternative to Western style.