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Henri Stierlin World Architecture - Greece ENThis is TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - special edition! This is a large-format hardcover edition at a new low price. From the superb mausoleum of Mausolus in Halicarnassus, stop by the shrine to Apollo at Delphi with its famous oracle, or pass through the imposing Lion Gate in Mycenae, this 'picture book journey' takes us through all the important architectural sites in ancient Greece. Noble simplicity, quiet…
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Hassan-Uddin Khan World Architecture - International Style ENThis is TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - special edition! 'Modern architecture is not a new branch of an old tree - it is an altogether new shoot rising beside the old roots' - Walter Gropius, one of the pioneers of modern architecture, on the radical departures of the 20th century. In the 1930s, the term International Style came into use to describe a new form of architecture evolved from Bauhaus and its conviction…
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Henri Stierlin World Architecture - Islam ENThis is TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - special edition! The products of a highly-developed architectural style even today bear witness to the greatness of Arabic culture. To the western eye, cities such as Jerusalem, Mecca, Baghdad or Cairo can seem utterly alien. It is not only the way of life that is unfamiliar, it is also the astoundingly varied architecture. This volume surveys more than six centuries of Islamic…
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Dietrich Wildung World Architecture – Egypt ENThis is TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - special edition! This is a large-format hardcover edition at a new low price. The architecture of the pharaohs represents some of the most impressive creative work ever produced in Egyptian art and yet it has never been completely assessed. Dietrich Wildung, Curator of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, gives a compelling account of the breathtaking architectural achievements in the…
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Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer Wright CZNajväčší syntetik architektúry všetkých čias Frank Lloyd Wright realizoval počas svojej kariéry takmer všetky typologické druhy. Kniha, ktorá ho predstavuje ako umelca, ale aj ako človeka túžiaceho po slobode, približuje jeho dielo a myšlienky všetkým, koho architektúra a osud tohto významného umelca zaujíma. Wrightove budovy zmenili tvár svetovej architektúry. Vývin jeho diela od „ prérijných domov“ až po organickú…
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www HR Giger com ENHR Giger first received acclaim in the 1960s with his airbrushed fantasy landscapes. However, he scored his breakthrough in applied art, and particularly in his high-profile movie work on Ridley Scott's Alien. In 1980, he received an Oscar for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his designs of the film's title creature and its otherworldly environment. His other celebrated film projects include Poltergeist II,…
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Bjarke Ingels Yes is More ENYes is more is the title of an exhibition and a book presenting B.I.G. in solo format for the first time in Denmark at the Danish architecture centre. Unlike a classic architectural monograph, this book is more of a popular cultural manifesto, which is also literally the first actual documentation of B.I.G.'s trailblazing practice. As the book demonstrates, this is a practice where method, processes, instruments and…
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Terry Jones Yohji Yamamoto ENAs one of the most mentally rigorous designers working in fashion, Yohji Yamamoto creates garments that can be intellectual - sometimes even difficult - yet always beautiful. Yohji’s free-spirited world is explored here via i-D magazine’s archives starting back in the 1980s, including his adoration for women and the female form, the painful process of creating anti-fashion through fashion and how his timeless…
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Hannah Weitemeier Yves Klein ENYves Klein (1928-1962) Francúz, ktorý veľa cestoval a počas svojho krátkeho života vytvoril základné diela umenia 20. storočia, ktoré do dnešnej doby fascinujú a nadchýnajú emócie každého diváka. Vo svojej filozofii, ktorá bola ovplyvnená východnými kultúrami sa snažil vrátiť obrazu jeho autonómnosť, hľadal prvú podstatu, čistú enrgiu, ktorá mala pôsobiť najmä vizuálne. V 40. rokoch 20. storočia začal tzv.…
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Frans Lanting Z očí do očíVšetky fotografie v knihe majú svoju vlastnú históriu a sú s nimi spojené postrehy z pozorovaní, ktoré Frans Lanting nazbieral počas svojho života s divými zvieratami na celom svete – od orangutánov v dažďových pralesoch Bornea až po tučniaky v Antarktíde. Mnohotvárnosť života na našej planéte zastupuje v Lantingovej fascinujúcej galérii viac ako sedemdesiat živočíšnych druhov. Frans Lanting je považovaný za…
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Philip Jodidio Zaha HadidZaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect. For years, she was widely acclaimed and won numerous prizes despite building practically nothing. Some even said her work was simply impossible to build. Yet, during the latter years of her life,...