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咖啡桌書(英語：coffee table book)是一本尺寸較大、通常帶有硬封面的書，其用途是擺放在專為招待客人的桌子上，用來激發對話或打發時間。書中的內容主要是非小說類和以圖片為主（類似照片集），頁面主要由照片和插圖組成，並附有說明文字和少量文字說明，而非長篇散文。由於這類書籍面向任何可能隨意翻閱以求輕鬆閱讀的人群，其內部分析往往較為基礎且行話較少，與其他同主題書籍相比更為簡單。正因如此，「咖啡桌書」這一術語有時也會被貶義地用來形容對該主題的膚淺處理。[1]

在數學領域中，咖啡桌書通常是一本文集形式的筆記本，內含由在特定地點聚會的社群或因共同科學興趣而聚合的多個數學問題和定理。例如，20世紀30至40年代由利沃夫大学的數學家創作的《蘇格蘭書》（英語：Scottish Book)便是這樣的一個例子。

歷史

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According to different estimations, the 1992 book Sex by Madonna (pictured) is both the fastest-selling and best-selling coffee table book in publishing history.[2][3]

The concept of a book intended essentially for display over perusal was mentioned by Michel de Montaigne in his 1581 essay "Upon Some Verses of Virgil": "I am vexed that my Essays only serve the ladies for a common movable, a book to lay in the parlor window..."[4] Almost two centuries later, Laurence Sterne in his 1759 comic novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman advanced the more lighthearted view that "As my life and opinions are likely to make some noise in the world, and... be no less read than the Pilgrim's Progress itself- and, in the end, prove the very thing Montaigne dreaded his Essays should turn out, that is, a book for a parlour window..."[5]

Beginning in the late 1940s, publisher Albert Skira and a few others, such as Cailler and Editions Tisné, Éditions Mazenod, and Harry N. Abrams, began producing large folio and quarto (4to) format art books, illustrated with tipped-in color plates, that were significant in the development of coffee table books as known today.[6][7][8]

David Brower is sometimes credited with inventing the modern coffee table book.[9] While serving as executive director of the Sierra Club, he had the idea for a series of books that combined nature photography and writings on nature, with, as he put it, "a page size big enough to carry a given image’s dynamic. The eye must be required to move about within the boundaries of the image, not encompass it all in one glance." The first such book, This Is the American Earth, with photographs by Ansel Adams and others and text by Nancy Newhall, was published in 1960; the series became known as the "Exhibit Format" series, with 20 titles eventually published.[10]

The term "coffee table book" appeared in Arts Magazine in 1961,[11] and in the title of The Coffee Table Book of Astrology, published in 1962.[12]

They have also found uses in propaganda, such as a book on the life of East German leader Walter Ulbricht[13] and another on Albanian leader Enver Hoxha.[14]

As of 2011, Madonna's 1992 book Sex remained the most searched for out-of-print coffee table book.[15]

一種本質上以展示為主而非細讀的書的概念，在米歇爾·德·蒙田1581年的散文《論維吉爾的幾句詩》中已有提及：「我感到煩惱的是，我的《隨筆》僅僅成了女士們用作普通擺設的移動物，一本放在客廳窗邊的書……」[1] 幾乎兩個世紀後，勞倫斯·斯特恩在1759年的幽默小說《崔斯特拉姆·香迪紳士生平及觀點》中提出了較為輕鬆的看法，他認為「既然我的生活和觀點很可能在世上引起些許波瀾，而且……不亞於《天路歷程》本身的閱讀量——最終證明了蒙田所懼怕的，他的《隨筆》會變成那種書，即一本擺在客廳窗邊的書……」[2]

自1940年代末起，出版商阿爾伯特·斯基拉與其他一些機構，如凱勒（Cailler）及泰斯內出版社（Editions Tisné）、馬澤諾出版社（Éditions Mazenod）和哈利·N·艾布拉姆斯（Harry N. Abrams），開始製作大尺寸的雙開本及四開本（4to）藝術書，這些書籍配有嵌入彩色平版插圖，在現代咖啡桌書的發展中具有重要意義。[3][4][5]

大衛·布勞爾有時被認為是現代咖啡桌書的發明者。[6] 在擔任錫耶拉俱樂部執行董事期間，他萌生了推出一系列結合自然攝影與自然文學的書籍的構想，正如他所說，「書頁尺寸必須足夠大，以呈現某一圖片的動態效果。眼睛必須在圖片的範圍內移動，而非一瞥之間就將其全然收入視野。」第一本此類書籍《這就是美國大地》於1960年出版，書中收錄了安塞爾·亞當斯等人的攝影作品以及南希·紐霍爾的文字；該系列後來被稱為「展覽格式」系列，最終共出版了20本書。[7]

「咖啡桌書」一詞最早於1961年出現在《藝術雜誌》中，[8] 並於1962年出現在《占星學咖啡桌書》的書名中。[9]

此外，這類書籍也曾被用於宣傳，如一本介紹東德領袖瓦爾特·烏爾布里希特生平的書[10]以及另一部關於阿爾巴尼亞領袖恩維爾·霍查的書。[11]

截至2011年，瑪丹娜1992年的書籍《性》仍是最常被搜索的絕版咖啡桌書。[12]

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Coffee table books have been featured in several areas of popular culture.

  • In the 1980s, British comedy duo Smith and Jones released The lavishly-tooled Smith and Jones Coffee Table Book[16]—its cover was designed to look as if the book could double as a coffee table.
  • The 1987 comedy Throw Momma from the Train has a running joke about one of the character's attempts to write a "coffee table book"; the book is a list of female celebrities he'd like to have sex with.
  • The fifth season (1993–1994) of the sitcom Seinfeld included a story arc involving Kramer wanting to write a coffee table book about coffee tables which would have legs built into the back cover and coasters built into the front cover, so the book itself could be turned into a small coffee table. Elaine Benes, who worked for Pendant Publishing, did not think that Kramer's idea was any good, but her boss (Mr. Lippman) learned about it from Kramer himself and turned it into a book, much to Elaine's dumbfounded surprise and dismay.
  • In the 2012 Family Guy episode "You Can't Do That on Television, Peter", Peter states that he, Joe Swanson and Glenn Quagmire are making a coffee table book of lesbian butts in 1980s jeans.
  • Late-night talk show Conan features a sketch called "Coffee Table Books That Didn't Sell", in which Conan O'Brien reviews several fake coffee table books with odd and nonsensical premises, such as Movie Stars with Their Eyes Pushed Closer Together.

See also

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Book sources

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References

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  1. ^ 讓你的咖啡桌磚塊書變成一道通往世界的窗. Si Balcón 小陽台. [2025-02-26] （中文（繁體））. 
  2. ^ Morton 2002，第54頁
  3. ^ Horswill, Ian. Madonna's Sex remains the most wanted out of print book. News.com.au. September 25, 2015 [January 20, 2021]. （原始内容存档于November 8, 2020）. 
  4. ^ Essays by Michel de Montaigne. Oregonstate.edu. [2014-03-28]. （原始内容存档于2013-10-08）. 
  5. ^ The novels of Laurence Sterne (Volume 1) (PDF). 1873 [2014-03-28]. 
  6. ^ Chilvers, Ian and John Glaves-Smith (2015) A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191792229 https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100510260 (accessed 25 August 2019)
  7. ^ Dufrêne, Bernadette (2002) L'édition d'art des années 1950-1970 : des promesses non tenues ?, Communication et langages. No. 134, 4 ème trimestre 22-38 pp. [Dufrêne, Bernadette (2002). The Art Edition of the 1950s and 1970s: Unfulfilled Promises? Communication and Languages, 134(4): 22-38.]
  8. ^ Corisande Evesque. Albert Skira et ses livres d’art (1948-1973). Histoire. 2015. ffdumas-01256888. PDF: https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-01256888/document (accessed 25 August 2019)
  9. ^ Harold Wood Presentation on H.R. 2715 - LeConte Memorial Lodge. Sierraclub.org. 2003-11-15 [2014-03-28]. （原始内容存档于2012-09-10）. 
  10. ^ Natural Visions - Nature on the Coffee Table. 
  11. ^ Arts Magazine, Volume 36. Art Digest Incorporated. 1961. 
  12. ^ National Review, Volume 13. National Review, Incorporated. 1962. 
  13. ^ Walter Ulbricht — ein Leben für Deutschland, excerpts from the German Propaganda Archive, Calvin University. Calvin.edu. [2014-03-28]. 
  14. ^ Enver Hoxha: 1908-1985. Tirana: Institute of Marxist-Leninist Studies at the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania. 1986.
  15. ^ Flood, Alison. Madonna's Sex most sought after out-of-print book. The Guardian. 30 August 2011 [8 February 2017]. 
  16. ^ Jones, Griff Rhys; P. R. McGrath; Clive Anderson. The lavishly-tooled Smith and Jones Coffee Table Book. 1986. ISBN 0-00-637123-X. 
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