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Leonardo. The Complete Paintings and Drawings | The life and work of the ultimate Renaissance artist Unmatched in his ingenuity, technical prowess, and curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) epitomi

Turner | 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,

Formgiving. An Architectural Future History | BIG’s third installment of its TASCHEN trilogy: Formgiving. An Architectural Future History Formgiving. An Architectural Future History, the new book by B

Impressionist Art 1860-1920 | Brushwork revolution: The neglected champions of Impressionism. It was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Cla

100 Contemporary Wood Buildings | The wooden structures of the 21st century Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components

The NASA Archives | Journey through the U.S. space program’s fascinating pictorial history On October 1, 1958, the world’s first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to t

Abstract Art | Abstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audiences instead with vivid visual po

The World of Ornament | Discover a world of decorative ideas with this compendium of history's most elegant patterns and ornamental designs. The World of Ornament brings together the two greatest ency

Web Design. The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today | A sweeping reference work of the websites that paved the pixelated way The last three decades have marked an era of technological upheaval a

Andrei Tarkovsky. An Artist of Space | The stills from Tarkovskii films have a striking painterly quality; the sketches for costumes and sets are vivd and carefully drawn; posters are in the spirit of

Menu Design in Europe | A culinary and graphic travelogue through Europe Jim Heimann’s new book on Menu Design in Europe is a mouthwatering feast for the eyes, featuring hundreds of European menus fro

The History of Graphic Design. 1890 - Today | In this volume, Jens Muller traces 130 years of graphic design, designers, and developments from the late 19th century through the economic boom after Wor

Peter Lindbergh. On Fashion Photography | Peter Lindbergh’s seminal compendium, now published in a special anniversary edition. Through collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion, Lindber

1000 Pin-Up Girls | "Girls, Gags & Giggles," ran publisher Robert Harrison's recipe for dishing up pin-up to the American male. Men loved his tasty dishes, a mixture of strippers and starlets dres

Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll | The making of Elvis, behind the scenes "Elvis who?" was photographer Alfred Wertheimer's response when, in early 1956, an RCA Victor publicist asked him to photo

Hundertwasser | Friedensreich Hundertwasser, hero of fluid forms and ecology Vivid color, organic forms, and a loathing of straight lines were just a few stalwart characteristics in the unique practic

Self-Portraits | The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this collection brings together some of the best examples of

Magic 1400s–1950s | The world’s greatest magicians from the Middle Ages to the 1950s Magic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as her

Goya | From court portraits for the Spanish royals to horrific scenes of conflict and suffering, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) made a mark as one of Spain's most revered and controver

Salvador Dali. 1904-1989. The Paintings | This book deals with the seminal surrealist. It explores Dali's grandiose and grotesque oeuvre. Picasso called Dali "an outboard motor that's always running."

Contemporary Concrete Buildings | Concrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range

Cabinet of Natural Curiosities | Albertus Seba’s unrivalled catalog of animals, insects and plants The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievements

Homes for Our Time. Contemporary Houses around the World | Step into the world's most beautiful private abodes Across small cottages and lavish villas, beach houses and forest refuges, discover the wo

Eugene Atget. Paris | Eugene Atget’s unique city portrait A flaneur and photographer at once, Eugene Atget (1857–1927) was obsessed with walking the streets. After trying his hand at painting and acti

Pre-Raphaelites | Founded in 1848 as a secret society, the Pre-Raphaelites rejected classical ideals and the dominant artistic genre painting of their era for what they saw as a more spiritual, sincer

The Polaroid Book | Shots from the world’s greatest collection of Polaroid images The Polaroid Corporation’s photography collection is the greatest portfolio of Polaroid images in the world. Begun by

Sir. Mario Testino | "The way men are seen in photography, in fashion, and the way that men look at pictures of themselves has changed in recent years. It is a subject that has come into focus: The ma

Annie Leibovitz | When Benedikt Taschen asked the most important portrait photographer working today, Annie Leibovitz, to collect her pictures in a SUMO-sized book, she was intrigued by the challenge.

Bauhaus. 1919-1939 | The definitive reference work in a revised and updated edition In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany’s Bauhaus School of Art and Design changed the face of

20th Century Alcohol & Tobacco Ads | Selling the most delicious vices Vices or virtues: drinking and smoking provided marketers with products to be forged into visual feasts. In this lush compendium o

Piano. Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Complete Works 1966-Today | The Italian master's complete oeuvre Renzo Piano rose to international prominence with his co-design of the Pompidou Center in Paris,

Michelangelo. The Complete Paintings, Sculptures and Architecture | Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted Pieta and David, two of the most famo

Neutra | In the architecture of Richard Neutra (1892-1970), inside and outside find their perfect modernist harmony. As the Californian sun glints off sleek building surfaces, vast glass panel walls a

Logo Design. Global Brands | A monumental logo compilation: round two Following up on the best-selling Bibliotheca Universalis logo manual, this second volume focuses on corporate identity. In a globa

Japanese Woodblock Prints | A visual history of 200 Japanese masterpieces From Edouard Manet’s portrait of naturalist writer Emile Zola sitting among his Japanese art finds to Van Gogh’s meticulous co

Botero | Fernando Botero's fulsome and frolicking forms Fernando Botero is an artist with his own style. For more than six decades, the Colombian's "Boterismo" technique has captured collectors, insti

Living in Mexico | The most remarkable abodes from Costa Careyes to the Yucatan Peninsula South of the border, rich colors and woven textiles form a unique design aesthetic, crafted by the union of lo

The History of Graphic Design. Volume 1. 1890–1959 | A comprehensive look at hundreds of landmark projects, industry leader profiles, and illustrated timelines for each decade History is a complex bus

Italy 1900. A Portrait in Color | Journey back to early 20th-century Italy "You may have the universe," composer Giuseppe Verdi once said, "if I can have Italy." Back in the mid-19th century, Verdi's

Expressionism | Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colors, and distorted perspectives are classic hallmarks of Expressionism, the twentieth century movement that prioritized emotion over objective rea

Wassily Kandinsky | Over the course of his artistic career, Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) transformed not only his own style, but the course of art history. From early figurative and landscape paintin

Monet. Le Triomphe de l'Impressionnisme | L’essence de l’Impressionnisme A part Turner, aucun artiste n’a comme Claude Monet (1840–1926) travaille autant a capturer la lumiere sur la toile. De tous le

Bosch. The Complete Works | The complete works of Hieronymus Bosch A bird-monster devouring sinners, naked bodies in tantric contortions, a pair of ears brandishing a sharpened blade: with just 20 pai

Mario Testino. I Love You | In I Love You, Mario Testino presents a celebration of weddings. A beginning in life -that is also a culmination and a public promise - captured by a unique photographic po

Michelangelo | Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His manifold achievements in painting, sculp

The Dog in Photography 1839–Today | A photo tribute to our four-pawed friends In celebration of the world’s favorite animal, we bring you over 400 photographs of or about dogs. With pictures from the

Histoire de la Photographie. De 1839 nos jours | La photographie a travers les ages La carriere de George Eastman pourrait etre l’illustration parfaite du reve americain. Le fondateur de Kodak a en ef

Monet. The Triumph of Impressionism | The essential Impressionist No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840–1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the I

Lautner | With his geometric structures perched upon the hillsides, beaches, and deserts of California, John Lautner (1911-1994) was behind some of the most striking and innovative architectural desig

Ando. Complete Works 1975-Today | Tadao Ando's complete works from 1975 until today Discover the completely unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline's four mo

King Tut. The Journey through the Underworld | Buried in the 14th century BC but unearthed by Howard Carter in 1922, the objects entombed with Tutankhamun are an invaluable window into a long-extinct

Bruegel. The Complete Works | The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30-1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Alba's brutal rule as go

Japanese Woodblock Prints. 1680-1938 | From Edouard Manet's portrait of naturalist writer Emile Zola sitting among his Japanese art finds to Van Gogh's meticulous copies of the Hiroshige prints he dev

Gustav Klimt. Complete Paintings | A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. In

The Complete Costume History by Auguste Racinet | Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study

The Blaue Reiter | The charge of 20th-century expressionism Although it only lasted three turbulent years, the afterburn of the Blaue Reiter (1911-1914) movement exerted a tremendous influence on the

Stone Age. Ancient Castles of Europe | Castles and fortresses of medieval Europe Follow photographer Frederic Chaubin as he embarks on a unique, century-spanning journey through Europe. Featuring imag

Pop Art | When the kitschy, banal, and mass-market became art Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogatio

Horror Cinema | Get ready to quake in fear with this revised and expanded edition of our history of horror cinema. From serial killers to satanists, The Shining to Scream, some 600 pages explore the g

The Beatles. On the Road 1964-1966 | The best of Harry Benson’s era-defining Beatles portfolio, capturing the Liverpudlian quartet on the road, performing, and coming to terms with skyrocketing fame.

Egyptian Art | A lifelong devotee of ancient Egyptian and Oriental culture, the French author, artist, and scholar Achille-Constant-Theodore-Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) is famed as one of the m

Alchemy & Mysticism | A fantastic journey through the history of esoteric lore The Hermetic Museum takes readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the medieval cosmogram and images of Chr

The Copy Book | An updated edition of the best-selling reference work for copywriting In 1995, the D&AD published a book on the art of writing for advertising. The then best-selling book remains a

Mies van der Rohe | Perfektion im Purismus Er pragte das Motto „weniger ist mehr“ – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) war einer der Grundervater der modernen Architektur und beeinflusste die Asthet