Celebrate the energy, beauty, and grit of New York with this evocative city portrait, featuring pictures from the mid-19th century to the present day alongside an appendix showcasing books, movies, and records inspired by the city that never sleeps. Featured photographers include Weegee, Ezra Stoller, and Steve Schapiro.
London is immersed in history yet tirelessly innovative, a city of exciting contrast. This book collates photographs retrieved from all manner of archives to present a visual map of the city—both past and present. Images of the diverse inhabitants, streets, and sites are woven throughout the book with key cultural references and informative essays.
Featuring essays, interviews and over 400 images, from cave paintings to contemporary works of channeled art, Spirit Worlds steps through darkened doorways and into the labyrinths that lead to the mysterious, to kingdoms of the afterlife and to communion with denizens of dimensions, just beyond our own.
A dazzling reprint of Hiroshige's views of Edo (modern-day Tokyo), one of the masterpieces of the ukiyo-e woodblock tradition and a paradigm of the Japonisme that inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler.
Here are the most influential architectural essays written since the Renaissance, copiously illustrated, in a great book for anyone interested in what architects say about their craft. Discover the theories behind the structures in which we live, work, and play, from Alberti and Palladio to Le Corbusier and Koolhaas.
Often misunderstood, Pierre-Auguste Renoir remains one of history’s most-loved painters—undoubtedly because his work exudes such warmth, tenderness, and good cheer. Gathering brilliant reproductions and sketches, as well as photos and a complete chronology illustrating his life and work, this is the essential work of reference on Renoir.
With more than 500 images, this volume showcases the full artistic range of Bruce Weber, featuring iconic fashion shoots and his vibrant portraits of famous personalities as well as previously unpublished and lesser known photographs. Anecdotes from the photographer provide insights into the stories and people behind his most famous works.
Travel to imagined lands through midcentury illustrations by pioneering Disney artists such as Al Dempster, Campbell Grant, Dick Kelsey, Mel Shaw, and Retta Scott Worcester. This anthology of stories draws from early Disney film adaptations for the Golden Books, including princess fairytales, adventure fantasies, and tales of animal heroes.
Graphs, maps, stats, and diagrams: this collection of infographics explores the development of visual communication in the big data age. Over 400 exemplary graphics—ranging from journalism to art, government to education—are accompanied by descriptions explaining each project and essays tracing the evolving art form.
With acute powers of observation and artistic innovation, Francisco de Goya captured the soul of the Spanish nation in turmoil, around the dawn of the 19th century. In this complete collection of his 287 etchings and lithographs, we see into the mind of an artist unafraid to navigate the depths of human folly, hypocrisy, violence, and power.
Looking to the sky, this pocket-sized volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series delves into the vibrant visual history of Western astrology. The story of this ancient practice is told through hundreds of images—from Egyptian temples to contemporary art.
Looking to the sky, this pocket-sized volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series delves into the vibrant visual history of Western astrology. The story of this ancient practice is told through hundreds of images—from Egyptian temples to contemporary art.
Looking to the sky, this pocket-sized volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series delves into the vibrant visual history of Western astrology. The story of this ancient practice is told through hundreds of images—from Egyptian temples to contemporary art.
Looking to the sky, this pocket-sized volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series delves into the vibrant visual history of Western astrology. The story of this ancient practice is told through hundreds of images—from Egyptian temples to contemporary art.
It was the best and worst of times. Prohibition ended, boosting alcohol sales, but the Great Depression gripped, and the threat of war loomed again. Yet commerce thrived, with ads flaunting witty copy and ever more creative visuals, pushing the new affordable luxuries like department store fashion, movie magazines and ‘modern’ linoleum floors.
A full, faithful reproduction of the German 16th-century manuscript of supernatural phenomena, and one of the most spectacular discoveries in Renaissance art. Blending Bible stories, folklore, and apocalyptic visions in rich, luminous detail, this is a mesmerizing document of religious belief, mystery, foreboding, and visual imagination.
Trace the hidden history of Tarot in this pocket-sized volume from TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica. Artfully arranged according to the sequencing of the Major and Minor Arcana, this visual compendium gathers hundreds of cards and works of original art from around the world in the ultimate exploration of a centuries-old art form.
From the 17th century to the advent of the digital age, color theories have been illustrated with opulent wheels, polychrome charts, and meticulous diagrams. Gathering over 40 works from around the world, with more than 350 images, this edition traces the many hues of a subject that inspired Newton, Goethe, Sanzō Wada, the Bauhaus, and many more.
Trace the hidden history of Tarot in this pocket-sized volume from TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica. Artfully arranged according to the sequencing of the Major and Minor Arcana, this visual compendium gathers hundreds of cards and works of original art from around the world in the ultimate exploration of a centuries-old art form.
Trace the hidden history of Tarot in this pocket-sized volume from TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica. Artfully arranged according to the sequencing of the Major and Minor Arcana, this visual compendium gathers hundreds of cards and works of original art from around the world in the ultimate exploration of a centuries-old art form.
Trace the hidden history of Tarot in this pocket-sized volume from TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica. Artfully arranged according to the sequencing of the Major and Minor Arcana, this visual compendium gathers hundreds of cards and works of original art from around the world in the ultimate exploration of a centuries-old art form.
Known as shunga or “spring pictures”, the erotica of Katsushika Hokusai, Japan’s most celebrated artist, combined brash sensuality with playful humor to show carnality in the most varied constellations. This edition presents his own contribution to a genre that evaded government censorship to thrive in the vivid urban culture of Japan’s Edo Period.
Exemplary packaging blends creativity and sustainability with great brand storytelling. The eighth edition of The Package Design Book showcases the winners of the 2023/24 Pentawards competition, the industry’s biggest accolades. All groundbreaking designs, many explore new materials, greener “no-trace” solutions, and smart and connected packaging.
A dazzling reprint of Hiroshige's views of Edo (modern-day Tokyo), one of the masterpieces of the ukiyo-e woodblock tradition and a paradigm of the Japonisme that inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler.
