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Industrial Design A-Z | If you take even the slightest interest in the design of your toothbrush, the history behind your washing machine, or the evolution of the telephone, you’ll take an even greate...

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 ...

Living in Bali | Balinese homes in harmony with nature Loved by travelers for its lush tropical scenery and charming people, Bali is one of the most magnificent places on Earth. Spirituality and natur...

Burton Holmes. Travelogues. The Greatest Traveler of His Time 1892-1952 | Burton Holmes, the man who brought the world home It was the Belle Epoque, a time before air travel or radio, at the brink of ...

Case Study Houses | The Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the...

Yves Klein | Yves Klein, the artist who owned ultramarine In the mid-1950s, Yves Klein (1928–1962) declared that “a new world calls for a new man.” With his idiosyncratic style and huge charisma, this...

Great Escapes Europe. The Hotel Book | The top spots for absolute escapism Through ancient wonders, world capitals, and tiny places with infectious personalities, Europe packs some serious travel punc...

Decorative Art 60s | Opposing styles in 1960s design Published annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furni...

Bob Dylan. A Year and a Day | The Dylan breakthrough portfolio Daniel Kramer's classic Bob Dylan portfolio captures the artist's transformative "big bang" year of 1964-65. Over the course of a year an...

Egyptian Art | From the Land of the Pharaohs. The finest treasures from Ancient Egypt. The art of ancient Egypt that has been handed down to us bears no names of its creators, and yet we value the cre...

Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo | The woodblock prints of Tokyo that captured Europe's imagination Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. ...

Sebastio Salgado. Genesis | A photographic homage to our planet “In Genesis, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen.” — Sebastiao Salgado On a very fortuitous day i...

Marc Chagall | For Marc Chagall (1887-1985), painting was an intricate tapestry of dreams, tales, and traditions. His instantly recognizable visual language carved out a unique early 20th-century nich...

Logo Design | Diverse logos from around the world A good logo can glamorize just about anything. Now available in our popular Klotz format, this sweeping compendium gathers diverse brand markers from ...

Sebastiao Salgado. Genesis | "In Genesis, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen." -Sebastiao Salgado On a very fortuitous day in 1970, 26-year-old Sebastiao Salgad...

Kay Nielsen. 1001 Nights | The exquisite storybook of Kay Nielsen’s enchanting tale illustrations In the late 1910s, in a Europe ravaged by World War I, Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen put the finishin...

Greek Myths | Greek legends as illustrated classics for young and old. The Greek myths are timeless classics, whose scenes and figures have captivated us since ancient times. The gods and heroes of th...

Kay Nielsen. East of the Sun and West of the Moon | Reviving East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Kay Nielsen’s Scandinavian masterwork Step into a world of star-crossed lovers, magical winds, mischi...

Vienna. Portrait of a City | A visual journey through Vienna’s dazzling history Vienna combines drama and elegance like no other. For centuries the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the stately ci...

Domus 1970–1979 | Design and architecture turning points of the 1970s, a la domus Founded in 1928 as a “living diary” by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as t...

Basquiat | The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous with 1980s New York, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragme...

Impressionism | Discover how scenes of daily life and delicate dabs of color shocked the art world establishment. In this TASCHEN Basic Art introduction to Impressionism, we explore the artists, subje...

Contemporary Houses. 100 Homes Around the World | Innovative, intimate architecture from China to Chile Designing private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect. ...

Small Architecture | Big ideas for small buildings Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today...

The Book of Flowers | Flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor paintings which were then published as c...

Hokusai. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji | Hokusai's complete Views of Mount Fuji Mount Fuji has long been a centerpiece of Japanese cultural imagination, and nothing captures this with more virtuosity...

Sebastiao Salgado. Amazonia | Sebastiao Salgado on the traces of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon rainforest Sebastiao Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon and photographed the unparalleled beaut...

Bruegel. The Complete Paintings | An in-depth exploration of Bruegel’s painted work The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30–1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnesse...

Helmut Newton. Sumo | Helmut Newton (1920-2004) always showed a healthy disdain for the easy or predictable, so it's no surprise that the Sumo was an irresistible project. The idea of a book the size ...

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...