Учебники по английскому языку Taschen

Tree Houses. Fairy Tale Castles in the Air | The sky’s the limit with 50 ingenious tree houses around the world The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspecti...

Rivera | Diego Rivera (1886–1957) is a loud presence on the art historical stage. With devout political principles and a turbulent romantic history, he was at once husband and paladin of Frida Kahlo, ...

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 ...

Leonardo. The Complete Drawings | Drawings of an era-defining mastermind One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Crea...

Cubism | Pioneered by Picasso and Braque, Cubism has been described as the first avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. With inspiration from African and Native American art and sculpture, its ...

Paul Outerbridge | Paul Outerbridge's provocative nudes and pioneering color Whether in his sumptuous images for advertising or his soft-hued nudes, Paul Outerbridge (1896-1958) was an alchemist of de...

Today meets Yesterday | A pictogram journey through now and then Leading graphic designer Yang Liu brings the way we were face to face with the way we are. Reissued in four languages, Today meets Yest...

The Office of Good Intentions. Human(s) Work | Immerse yourself with architects Florian Idenburg and LeeAnn Suen as they journey through a wide-ranging collection of the objects, systems, and building...

Abstract Expressionism | The painterly gestures of personal feelings Hailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, Abstract Expressionism denotes the non-representation...

Massimo Listri. Cabinet of Curiosities | Hidden treasures, dreams of universal knowledge, and exquisite beauty The Wunderkammer, or "cabinet of curiosities," saw collectors gathering objects from many...

Modern Art | Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid...

Ice Cold. A Hip-Hop Jewelry History | The definitive photographic history of how hip-hop blinged out and redefined the world of jewelry, luxury, and style Whether it's diamond-encrusted grills, oversi...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude | The universe of Christo and Jeanne-Claude The work of the artist couple Christo (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935–2009) resists categorization. It is a hybrid of art, urb...

100 Movies of the 2010s | The movies that shaped the 2010s Cinema has likely never been written off so often. In the decade of the 2010s, it is true, much has changed - both in how we watch movies, an...

Photo Icons. 50 Landmark Photographs and Their Stories | Photographs have a strange and powerful way of shaping the way we see the world. The most successful images enter our collective consciousness,...

New Deal Photography. USA 1935-1943 | How the Farm Security Administration introduced America to Americans "Through these travels and the photographs, I got to love the United States more than I could...

Europe meets USA | Europe and the USA—Yang Liu draws comparisons Yang Liu uses her wonderfully apt pictograms to display the discordances between American and European customs with wit and wisdom. In ...

Paul | A personal portrait of Paul McCartney by Harry Benson Harry Benson began photographing Paul McCartney in 1964, when the Beatles took America by storm, toured the world, and made their movie deb...

Kirchner | Expressionist pioneer Ernst Ludwig Kirchner heralded a new perspective in 20th-century painting Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) is regarded as one of the key figures in 20th-century Europ...

Klee | Geometrical figures and hieroglyphic elements The delightfully unclassifiable work of a master painter Designated as "degenerate" by the Nazis, Paul Klee (1879-1940) is today considered one of ...

1920s Berlin | The roaring twenties in Berlin It was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, of brilliant book design, of the Bauhaus total work of art, of pioneering psychology, of drag balls, c...

David Hockney. A Chronology | A comprehensive chronicle of David Hockney’s life and work. Pop artist, painter of modern life, landscape painter, master of color, explorer of image and perception—for s...

The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher | The enigmatic works of M.C. Escher “A woman once rang me up and said, ‘Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print Reptiles, you have given such ...

Toulouse-Lautrec | In our imaginings of Paris, painter and graphic artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) has no small role to play. In his prints, posters, paintings, and drawings, the artist i...

Dogs. Photographs 1941–1991 | The world’s most beloved pet photographer turns his lens on our canine companions The world appears to be divided into cat and dog lovers, but fortunately Walter Chandoha...

The Package Design Book | Packaging is a highly underrated art form. As the first thing a consumer sees when looking at a product, it can make or break a sale. Every year, the Pentawards celebrate the...

Frida Kahlo. The Complete Paintings | The complete paintings of Frida Kahlo in an XXL edition Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican ...

The Circus. 1870s–1950s | The history and legacy of the circus In its heyday, the American circus was the largest showbiz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, traveling c...

Man meets Woman | Bright, bold pictograms distill male and female experience Imagine a setting in which a man wearing a dress might be as habitual as a woman in trousers. Where a woman exposing hersel...

Jan van Eyck | Often imitated but never equaled, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future realist painters. With its unprecedented preci...

Rubens | Meet Sir Peter Paul Rubens, master painter and polymath There are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, a...

L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped | Christo and Jeanne-Claude's posthumous work, 60 years in the making 1961, three years after meeting Jeanne-Claude in Paris, Christo made a study of a mammoth project that ...

Richter | A colorful exploration of the life and work of Gerhard Richter An encounter with Gerhard Richter, the German artist who widened horizons in the relationship between painting and reality. Fro...

Louis I. Kahn | Louis Isadore Kahn and a luminous modernist language Louis Isadore Kahn (1901-1974) treated each building like a temple. Across the United States, in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and I...

Soul. R&B. Funk. Photographs 1972–1982 | Behind the scenes of the 1970s music explosion with Bruce W. Talamon Talamon saw it all during the golden age of soul, R&B, and funk. Throughout the 1970s and ...

Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde | At the intersection of the visual, graphic, and cinematic arts, film posters are a unique and thrilling record of a particular cultural Zeitgeist. This book b...

Paul Cezanne (Basic Art). 1839 - 1906. Pioneer of Modernism | In the latter half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside near Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), busily plied his brush ...

Bauhaus | In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany's Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideas for the future, the school developed a pione...

Great Escapes Alps. The Hotel Book | A Mountain Tour of the Alps The Alps are Europe’s biggest and greatest mountain range. Formed millions of years ago, they became a popular destination for traveler...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude | The XXL exploration, now in a condensed handbook The works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are monuments of transience. Gigantic in scale, they are always temporary, created t...

Wolfgang Tillmans. four books | Like hardly any other artist of his generation, Wolfgang Tillmans has shaped our perception of the world. From early portraits of his friends to still lifes, travel sho...

Hiroshige & Eisen. The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido | A historic trail through the heart of Japan, as told by two legendary woodblock artists The Kisokaido route through Japan was ordained ...

Futurism | Inspired by the development of Cubism, the Futurist movement was founded in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, along with painters Giacomo Balla. Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carra, and Gino Sev...

Annie Leibovitz. The Early Years, 1970-1983 | Annie Leibovitz’s photographic beginnings and Rolling Stone reportage For more than half a century, Annie Leibovitz has been taking culture-defining photo...

Titian | Immerse yourself in the rich shades and textures of the mighty Titian, the most important member of the Venetian High Renaissance. From the rippling sensuality of Venus of Urbino to the airbo...

Lewis W. Hine. America at Work | Lewis W. Hine’s images of child labor and American working life Photographer, teacher, and sociologist Lewis W. Hine (1874–1940) shaped our consciousness of American w...

Caravaggio. The Complete Works | The mysterious genius who transformed European art Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), was always a name to be reckoned with....

Monet or the Triumph of Impressionism | No other artist, apart from J.M.W.Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man C?zanne cal...

Friedrich | The king of the contemplative landscape The beauty of nature and man’s loneliness are dominant themes in the work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). The artist often places a small hum...

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...

Van Gogh. The Complete Paintings | Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recogniz...

Domus 1940–1949 | Architecture and design in the context of WWII Founded in 1928 as a "living diary" by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as the world's most i...

Hiroshige | The master of Japanese ukiyo-e Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning “pictures of the floating world,” ukiyo-e was a p...

Homes for Our Time: Contemporary Houses Around the World | Across small cottages and lavish villas, beach houses and forest refuges, discover the worlds finest crop of new homes. This cutting-edge glo...

Rousseau | Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to give it a try. At first, Rousseau’s bright, bold pa...

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold | “Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel—only worse. For the common cold robs Sinatra of that uninsurable jewel, his voice, cutting into the core ...

Caravaggio | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent...

Kahlo | The arresting pictures of Frida Kahlo (1907–54) were in many ways expressions of trauma. Through a near-fatal road accident at the age of 18, failing health, a turbulent marriage, miscarriage ...

History of Press Graphics, 1819-1921 | In today’s world of instant snapshots, 24-hour news, and round-the-clock connectivity, an illustrated press where the images are as important as the text has bec...

Egyptian Art | The art of ancient Egypt that has been handed down to us bears no names of its creators, and yet we value the creations of these unknown masters no less than the works of later centurie...

Peter Beard | Artist, diarist, collector, and writer Peter Beard (1938-2020) fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an...

Bosch | As cryptic as they are compelling, the masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516) remain some of the most enduring enigmas of the art world. Their intricate, allegorical, and often startl...

Egon Schiele. The Complete Paintings 1909–1918 | After Egon Schiele (1890-1918) freed himself from the shadow of his mentor and role model Gustav Klimt, he had just ten years to inscribe his signature...

Jazz Covers | Part design history, part trip down musical memory lane, this anthology of jazz album artwork is above all a treasure trove of creative and cultural inspiration. Spanning half a century,...