The Circus. 1870-1950 Taschen (370053088)

В его ночи, американский circus был большой showbiz industry world had ever seen. От mid-1800s до mid-1900s, traveling circuses performed for audiences up to 14,000 per show, employed as many as 1,600 men and women, and crisscrossed the country on 20,000 milen of ra. Спектакль клопоту-дефирных daredevils, шляпки superheroes и скантливые ладони starlets, дрібних animal trainers, и startling “freaks” gripped the American imagination, outshining theater, vaudeville, comedy, и minstrel shows. Эта kniha sheds fresh light на circus phenomenon. С photographic gems варіальних circus performers, як добре, як орієнтири, lithographs, sideshow banners and gravings из 16th to 19th centuries ілюструючих світових кутів circus, readers є транспортовані до світового світу. Highlights включают iconic circus photos по Mathew Brady, Cornell Capa, Walker Evans, Weegee, и Lisette Model, и маленький-красный circus images Stanley Kubrick and Charles and Ray Eames.