Icons of the 20th century

Our century has been marked by extraordinary cultural, political, and technological change: the winds of war, the starbursts of celebrity, the poltergeists of politics, the bits of bytes. The dynamic driving forces of this change are two hundred astounding men and women who have most shaped the last one hundred years. Icons of the Twentieth Century is a permanent record of their--and our--time.
A large format album, Icons of the Twentieth Century features individuals chosen by a diverse and distinguished panel of seventy international leaders in the arts, in science and politics, fashion and technology, entertainment and sports. Its rare black-and-white photographs, culled from the world's photo archives, create the book's unparalleled visual impact. The images are elegiac and haunting, celebratory and amusing ... from Marilyn Monroe and Muhammed Ali to John F. Kennedy and Frank Lloyd Wright. All are arresting portraits of the century's most familiar faces caught in an unfamiliar light.