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You'll find 1000 bright ideas in this journey through 20th-century lighting design. Presented chronologically by decade, you'll find the most interesting electric lights, from Tiffany's beautiful leaded-glass shades to outlandish 1960s designs and the latest high-tech LED lamps.

Trawl through centuries of tattooing in this eye-popping history of the art of body decoration. From modest, discreet symbols to astonishing full-body adornments, the wonders of 1000 Tattoos will entertain, amaze, and inspire. Whether you're considering getting ink done yourself or are simply curious about what lengths others have gone: this is...

Vor dreißig Jahren begann Laurence Anholt seine beliebte Kinderbuchreihe über große Künstler und die Kinder, die sie wirklich kannten. Seither haben sich die Geschichten über Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci und viele andere Genies der westlichen Kunst weltweit millionenfach verkauft und waren für viele der Beginn einer lebenslangen Liebe zur Kunst. Die Geschichten wurden in vielen Formen adaptiert, darunter Braille-Ausgaben für blinde und sehbehinderte Kinder, Ballettaufführungen, Operninszenierungen sowie ein Bühnenmusical in Korea. Diese Jubiläumsausgabe enthält neben Anholts farbenfrohen Aquarellillustrationen Dutzende hochwertige Reproduktionen der Künstlergemälde, kindgerechte Künstlerbiografien und interaktive Fragen an die jungen Leser. Jede Geschichte ist eng an die historischen Ereignisse angelehnt und basiert auf umfangreichen Recherchen. In vielen Fällen besuchte Anholt die Häuser und Ateliers der Künstler, wandelte auf ihren Spuren und befragte ihre Verwandten. Er bekam privaten Zugang zu Monets Haus in Giverny und schloss enge Freundschaft mit Sylvette David (heute Lydia Corbett), Picassos berühmtem Mädchen mit dem Pferdeschwanz. Um die Künstler und ihre Welten einem jungen Publikum zugänglich zu machen, verwendet Anholt eine Erzählperspektive, bei der die Ereignisse durch die Augen eines Kindes betrachtet werden, das den Künstler tatsächlich kannte. Auf diese Weise werden die Leser "huckepack" durch die Geschichte geführt und die Künstler, die sonst vielleicht unnahbar erscheinen, zu alltäglichen Menschen. Nebenbei werden wichtige Themen und Werte wie Freundlichkeit, Selbstwertgefühl, Ausdauer, Kreativität und Mut vermittelt. Vielleicht liegt es an Anholts einfühlsamer Erzählweise oder seinen handgefertigten Illustrationen. Vielleicht ist es auch seine Liebe zu Kindern und die Leidenschaft für sein Thema. Was auch immer der Grund war, eine ganze Generation von Lesern hat durch seine Geschichten eine lebenslange Liebe zur Kunst gefunden; und gibt nun dieses wertvolle Geschenk an ihre eigenen Kinder weiter.

Join the culinary experts at The Gourmand journal on an in-depth exploration of the literary, linguistic, historic, and gastronomic legacy of lemons, where the line between food and art is happily blurred. Featuring original recipes that celebrate the versatility and complexity of the king of citrus in the second volume of the best-selling series.

Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, Caravaggio is now considered one of the greatest influences in all art history. This neat catalogue raisonne reproduces all of Caravaggio's paintings as well as a number of dramatic details of his boundary-breaking realism. Five accompanying chapters trace Caravaggio's artistic daring and his equally...

Take home one of the most cult artists in history with this handy edition, presenting all known works of Hieronymus Bosch. Through full spreads and carefully curated details, the book surveys the artist's compositional scope as well as his most compelling, if disturbing, inventions, from horse-skulled harp players to devils on ice skates.

Before Andy Warhol's rise to the peak of Pop Art, he created seductive drawings celebrating male beauty. His plan to publish these drawings in a book has now been realized. This volume has over 300 of Warhol's rarely seen, risque images that highlight the artist's fascination with the male form, droll humor, and ironic detachment.

Looking to the sky, the second volume in TASCHEN's Library of Esoterica series delves into the vibrant visual history of Western astrology. From its birth as astronomy's sister science, to our current Age of Aquarius, the story of this ancient practice is told through more than 400 images-from Egyptian temples to contemporary art-sequenced to...

One of the most expansive illustrated publications on Disney animation, finally available in a compact edition. The landmark volume includes behind-the-scenes photos, story sketches, and cel setups of famous film scenes. It covers each of the major animated features made during Walt's lifetime, as well as lesser-known short films and episodic...

Compact in format but no less magnificently endowed, The Little Big Penis Book will delight even the most hardened aficionado of the male member. No half-cocked measures here, as we celebrate the rampant hardware of 150 models from the 1940s to the '90s, including photos by Bob Mizer of AMG, David Hurles of Old Reliable, and Rip Colt of Colt...

Dieser Band dokumentiert die erste, von Peter Lindbergh selbst kuratierte Werkschau, die er kurz vor seinem Tod fertigstellte. Über 150 Aufnahmen bieten neue, ganz unerwartete Einblicke in das Werk des legendären Fotografen. Ergänzt durch ein ausführliches Gespräch über die Entstehung sowie eine Hommage von Wim Wenders an Peter Lindbergh.

Dig into the 750 album covers that made rock history. Fact sheets, insider interviews, and lists from leading collectors take you on a musical memory tour. Covering everyone from Elvis to Bowie to The Sex Pistols, this complete volume includes bonus info on 250 records that became turning points for a band, an artist, or a genre.

Produced in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation and Jean-Michel Basquiat's estate, this book explores the artists' complex personal and professional relationship through hundreds of never-before-published photographs of Basquiat by Warhol, excerpts from the legendary Andy Warhol Diaries, rarely seen archival material and examples of...

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 more than 400 historic photographs and rare concept renderings, this collection guides us through NASA's 60-year history, from its earliest days to its current...

A century of stimulation, this collection of 1,000 erotic photographs from 1839 to 1939 includes every risque pose artists of each epoch could imagine. Drawn from the late Uwe Scheid's collection, a renowned repository of suggestive imagery, these pictures in monochrome and hand-colored tints reveal as much about the development of nude...

Flowering mountain slopes and traditional meadows. Icy glaciers and majestic summits. With their untouched nature and raw beauty, the Alps have always been a source of fascination. Angelika Taschen presents the best accommodation for Alpinists - historic inns, guesthouses, monasteries, mountain huts, chalets, palazzi, design hotels, even a...

Rustic wood, wrought iron, vibrant color, and tantalizing patterns: the homes of Mexico blend native tribal styles and Spanish architecture with warm, textured simplicity. Dive into inspiring and remarkable abodes in this updated, compact portfolio of villas, casitas, haciendas, cabanas, and palapas, featuring many unpublished images that paint...

Japanese homes are refuges of tranquility, crafted in a unique domestic aesthetic of Eastern minimalism. Traditional architecture features alongside cutting-edge contemporary dwellings in this collection of homes, with many never-before-seen photographs. Turn to the rising sun and discover the fluid simplicity of these spaces where Zen...

The Japanese woodblock print is a phenomenon with no Western equivalent. Breathtaking landscapes exist alongside blush-inducing erotica, ghosts and demons torment the living, and sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors are rock stars. This condensed edition revisits the most exceptional prints from 1680-1938, presenting the finest impressions in...

Nobuyoshi Araki distills decades' worth of images down to 512 pages in this ultimate retrospective of his career. First published as a Limited Edition and now back in a new, compact format, the intimate collection delves deep into Araki's best-known imagery: Tokyo street scenes; faces and foods; colorful, sensual flowers; female genitalia; and...

Walton Ford's large-scale watercolors of animals make up a unique anthropomorphic universe rich in sly jokes and hidden meaning. The most comprehensive survey of Ford's oeuvre to date, this publication features 40 new works, more than 120 additional pages, and a new essay by the artist. Also available in an Art Edition limited to 100...

Explore the breathtaking destinations of the Mediterranean in this updated edition from TASCHEN's Great Escapes series. From the cave-like suites at Perivolas on Santorini to the Hotel Le Corbusier in Marseille, Angelika Taschen takes us to hidden gems around the azure-blue sea. Each hotel is presented with photos and key information.

For all those who thought digital heralded the end of an era: illustration is alive and kicking, and new tools have given the art renewed vigor and the illustrator greater stamina. Steven Heller and Julius Wiedemann present a snapshot of "the new golden age of illustration," rounding up 100 of the most talented artists around the world. We dare...

This monster tome has it all, with works by over 100 fantasy artists. Julie Bell, Philippe Druillet, Frank Frazetta, H.R. Giger, The Brothers Hildebrandt, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Moebius, Rowena Morrill, Boris Vallejo, and Michael Whelan are here, along with first sketches and other materials for a deep dive into this dynamic genre.

Across world capitals and tiny places with infectious personalities, Europe packs some serious travel punches. This third edition of the best-selling 36 Hours Europe is comprehensively revised to offer 130 expert itineraries from The New York Times, revealing the continent's best-kept secrets. Includes 20 new stories ranging from Galway,...

Rome is the city where past and present, spectacle and the everyday collide around every corner; where Baroque drama flourishes alongside ancient classical wonders; where necks crane to admire Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel; and where Fellini immortalized la dolce vita. This photographic portrait of Rome brings you all the history and all the...

The essential book for admirers of arboreal ateliers everywhere, this whimsical collection showcases 50 of the finest tree houses around the world. Whether serving as a lofty eyrie for childhood adventures or a unique luxury hotel amid the branches, these are some of the most fantastic human roosts in the sky.

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 genre's favorite themes, mythologies, and motifs, and get up close and trembling to 50 top horror masterworks from the 1920s to the 2000s.

Brace yourself for the blues: Declaring that a "new world calls for a new man", showman-artist Yves Klein made his name with his large monochrome canvases, International Klein Blue, and "living paintbrushes," in which naked women, daubed in paint, made imprints of their bodies on large sheets of paper.