出版社: Taschen GmbH (2016年5月7日)

精装: 888页

语种： 英语

ISBN: 3836556669

条形码: 9783836556668

商品尺寸: 14.5 x 4.8 x 19.8 cm

商品重量: 381 g

在其鼎盛时期，美国马戏团是世界上**的表演团体。从19世纪中期到20世纪中期，美国马戏团平均每次为14,000个观众表演，员工多达1600人，仅在一个季度便纵横全国的20000英里铁路。玩命的冒失鬼；超级英雄和衣着暴露的小明星；无所畏惧的动物训练员；和惊人的“怪胎”等等奇观抓住了美国人的想象力，风头甚至盖过了戏剧、杂技、喜剧和吟游诗人表演。

这本书展示马戏团的光鲜场景。早期马戏团表演的珍贵照片，以及原来的海报、版画、杂耍横幅和雕刻，从16至19世纪，展示马戏团的全球性，读者们被运送到当时的情景，感受快感和惊人技能，勇气和魅力的世界。鲜为人知的马戏团图像，标志性的马戏照片！

Linda Granfield is a widely published author whose book Circus: An Album won six awards, including a place on the “Best of the Best” list by Chicago Public Library. Known for her clear and accessible writing, Granfield has penned many young adult publications as well as adult nonfiction books. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

Fred Dahlinger, Jr. from Baraboo, Wisconsin, is a circus historian and author of several books on the American circus.

TASCHEN editor Noel Daniel graduated from Princeton University and studied in Berlin on a Fulbright Scholarship. She earned a master’s degree in London and served as director of a photography art gallery before becoming a book editor. Her TASCHEN books to date include A Treasury of Wintertime Tales (2014), The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (2013), The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (2011), Magic 1400s–1950s (2009), and The Circus 1870s–1950s (2008).