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A century after his death, Egon Schiele continues to stun with his contorted lines, distorted bodies, and eroticism. This XXL-sized book features the complete catalogue of his paintings from 1909-1918. Nearly 600 illustrations are presented, many of them
From the towering Sagrada Família to the shimmering, textured facade of Casa Batlló and the enchanting landscape of Park Güell, it’s easy to see why Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) gained the epithet “God’s architect”.
In art history, we tend to be on first name terms only with the most revered of masters. The Renaissance painter and architect Raphael Santi (1483–1520) is one such star. The man we call simply Raphael has for centuries been hailed as a supreme Renaissance artist. For some, he even outstrips his equally famous, equally first-named, contemporaries, Leonardo and Michelangelo.
In the work of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) lies an impact akin to a sudden acquisition of sight. His landscapes and seascapes scorch the eye with such ravishing light and color, with such elemental force, it is as if the sun itself were gleaming out of the frame.
With almost 500 illustrations, this book captures the most famous wrestlers of the 60s and 70s in action, as well as the amazonian, bikini-clad women who writhed around on staged photography sets in the little-known sub-genre of "apartment wrestling."
Ellen von Unwerth's knock-out collection of female sexuality, starring some of the most iconic women of our timeincluding Claudia Schiffer, Eva Mendes, and Dita von Teese. Enter a world of femininity, playfulness, and fetish in which subjects intermittently flaunt or guard, but always own, their fantasies.
Discover the cultural and intellectual hot bed of the Weimar Republic with 1,000 book designs from this golden age of publishing. From novels in translation to travel journalism, artist monographs to abortion debates, this part reference compendium, part
Kniha představuje výběr tisíce úžasných svítidel vytvořených ve 20. století. Svítidla jsou řazena chronologicka, v kapitolách po jednotlivých destiletích - od krásných stínítek od Tiffanyho, přes šokující design z 60. a 70. let, až moderní hi-tech LED svítidla.
The 20th century saw fashion evolve from an exclusive Parisian salon business catering to a wealthy elite into a global industry employing millions, with new trends whisked into stores before the last model has left the catwalk. Along the way, the signature silhouettes of each era evolved beyond recognition.
Two artists, one vision The enigmatic and genre-defying work of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin"It is typical of the photographic art of van Lamsweerde and Matadin that they urge their image making to de-stabilise the pristine surfaces expected of consumer culture; to this end they make use, in turn, of the Gothic, inscrutability, androgyny, comedy, eroticism, surrealism,
Prepare to embark on a journey through space and time with The NASA Archives, a visual celebration of humankind’s unstoppable urge to travel away from Earth to worlds beyond. Featuring hundreds of historic photographs and concept renderings, this collection guides us through NASA’s 60-year history.
From Nicephore Niepce's 1827 eight-hour-exposure rooftop pictures to the horror of Nick Ut's "napalm girl," the 50 photographs in this collection have defined eras, made history, or touched something so fundamentally human that they have become resonant i
Made in close collaboration with the artist, this unprecedented huge-format survey presents the future and origins of his painting according to Andre Butzer. From his early works of "Science Fiction Expressionism" that centered around a cast of figures at
The deceptively simple lemon takes center stage in the second volume of TASCHEN’s collaboration with The Gourmand, masters of the rich intersection of food and art.
This lavish volume provides an overview of the fifty-year career and the highly innovative and creative work of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933).
Žádný jiný umělec, s výjimkou J.M.W. Turnera, se tolik nesnažil, jako Claude Monet (1840-1926) zachytit na plátně samotné světlo. Dalo by se říci, že Monet objevil možnosti barev. Ať už to byl jeho raný zájem o japonské tisky, období branné služby v oslnivém světla Alžírska, nebo osobní seznámení s hlavními malíři konce 19.
Hermetické muzeum pozve čtenáře na Magical Mystery Tour překlenutím oblouku od středověkého cosmogramu a obrazů křesťanského mysticismu, prostřednictvím fascinujícího světa alchymie, k umění éry romantismu. Tajemné hieroglyfy kabalistů, Rosenkruciáni a zednáři jsou úzce spojeni s počátkem vědeckých ilustrací v oblasti lékařství, chemie, optiky a teorie barev.
From Olympic venues to a world-class airport, this monograph gathers the complete works of the first female architect ever to win the Pritzker prize and one of the greatest architects of the 21st century: Zaha Hadid. Photographs, in-depth texts, and Hadid