Wine of plenty Salvador Dali's epicurean guidebook Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dali phenomenon, Les Diners de Gala, TASCHEN presents the artist's equally surreal and sensual viticulture follow-up: Vins de Gala... Zobraziť viac
Baroque and Roll 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, and sensuality. This essential introduction ... Zobraziť viac
French-born Jean Prouvé (1901–1984) was the 20th century’s leading construction designer, a self-declared “constructeur” and member of the jury who oversaw the design of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. As a designer, he captured the midcentury ... Zobraziť viac
Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a German-born biologist, naturalist, evolutionist, artist, philosopher, and doctor who spent his life researching flora and fauna from the highest mountaintops to the deepest ocean. A vociferous supporter and deve Zobraziť viac
Behind the Mask. The intrigue, drama, and covert messages hidden in the faces of powerful men and womenByzantine empresses, French revolutionaries, and Spanish generals: history's most impressive figures stare boldly out of the canvases in this c Zobraziť viac
More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The particular curve of a backrest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the color of the entire artifact all reflect the ... Zobraziť viac
The life of Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) was full of complexity and contradictions. As a young man he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement and was critical of the church; toward the end of his life he devoted himself ... Zobraziť viac
When Sebastiao Salgado was finally authorized to visit Serra Pelada in September 1986, having been blocked for six years by Brazil's military authorities, he was ill-prepared to take in the extraordinary spectacle that ... Zobraziť viac
Rising from the ashes: The first color lithographs of the rediscovered Pompeii. When the excavations at Pompeii were first placed on a scholarly, archaeological footing in the 19th century, brothers Fausto and Felice Niccolini were close at hand and... Zobraziť viac
The turn of the 20th century was a golden era in France. It was an age of peace, prosperity, and progress after a series of bruising wars and turmoil within the French Republic, culminating in the Franco-Prussian War, which had ended in 1871... Zobraziť viac
Following her best-selling TASCHEN monograph Life in Photographs, discover a more intimate and highly personal side of Linda McCartney's photographic work in The Polaroid Diaries. The collection focuses on ... Zobraziť viac
Hailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953) emigrated to Chicago in 1914, like his lifelong friend and rival Richard Neutra. Eventually hired by Frank Lloyd Wright to work in Los Angeles, Schindler took cues from notions found in ... Zobraziť viac
Haute cuisine comes home: Europe’s most creative chefs reveal their inner sanctum. Ours is the era of the celebrity chef. Like never before, we’re fascinated by fine food and the personalities who create it... Zobraziť viac
Henry Ford jump-started the age of the automobile with the first assembly-line car in 1908: the Model T. Over the next century the automobile evolved from chugging workhorse to tail fin–era showboat to sleek status symbol, ... Zobraziť viac
We live in turbulent times, which arouses a longing to pare down to the essentials in many people... Zobraziť viac
Immerse yourself with architects Florian Idenburg and LeeAnn Suen as they journey through a wide-ranging collection of the objects, systems, and buildings that have occupied the American office space since the advent of the internet... Zobraziť viac
One icon meets another: For true automotive enthusiasts, it was no surprise that the paths of Aston Martin and Rene Staud would cross at some point. The British brand's meteoric success story began almost exactly 110 years ago... Zobraziť viac
David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen, Nirvana and Oasis, Pete Doherty and Phil Collins, Prince and Motoerhead... Zobraziť viac
