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Sebastião Salgado The Children ENInnocence on the run: Sebastiao Salgado s focus series on child migrants and refugeesIn every crisis situation, children are the greatest victims. Physically weak, they are often the first to succumb to hunger, disease, and dehydration. Innocent to the workings and failings of the world, they are unable to understand why there is danger, why there are people who want to hurt them, or why they must leave, perhaps…
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J.M. Bourgery, N.H. Jacob The Complete Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery ENWe owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797 – 1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy, which was not only a massive event in medical history, but also remains one of the most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published. Bourgery began work on his magnificent atlas in 1830 in cooperation with illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782 – 1871), a student of the French painter Jacques…
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Madeleine Huwiler, Sebastian Schütze The Complete Collection of Antiquities from the Cabinet of Sir William Hamilton ENAntiquarian, archaeologist, vulcanologist, and envoy to the British Embassy in Naples, Sir William Hamilton (1731 – 1803) was a leading European figure of his time. Though the romance between his wife Lady Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson tends to eclipse Sir William’s own activities, his work as a scientist and a classicist made major contributions to the study of Pompei, Herculaneum, and Mt Vesuvius. As an expert…
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Françoise Tétart-Vittu The Complete Costume History ENJedinečné dielo Augusta Racineta pôvodne vyšlo vo Francúzsku v rokoch 1876 až 1888. Do dnešných dní zostalo neprekonané. prekvapuje nás svojím rozsahom, prepracovanými kresbami a zmyslom pre detail. Je kronikou odievania a štýlov od staroveku až po 19. storočie. V prvej časti, venovanej staroveku, nájdete množstvo farebných ilustrácií, dokumentujúcich spôsob odievania v Egypte, Perzii, Ríme, Grécku a iných…
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Auguste Racinet, Françoise Tétart-Vittu The Complete Costume HistoryOriginally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted. Covering the world history of costume, dress, ...
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Alexander Braun, Winsor McCay The Complete Little Nemo 1905-1909 ENMeet Little Nemo, Winsor McCay s masterful comic creation that inspired artists from Robert Crumb to Federico Fellini. Art historian Alexander Braun provides the most comprehensive, illustrated study to-date on McCay s pioneering dream narrative. Little Nemo ferries the reader back to a sweet once-upon-a-time-ness... TASCHEN has done connoisseurs of fantasy and fine cartooning a grand service. The New York Times
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Stephan Fussel The Complete Manual of Typography ENAlphabet legend: The complete reproduction of a typographical masterwork. Official printer for the Duke of Parma, Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) declared that well-designed type derived its beauty from four principles: uniformity of design, sharpness and neatness, good taste, and charm. In his Manuale tipografico, published posthumously in 1818, he distilled these principles into a comprehensive catalog of type and…
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The Copy BookIn 1995, the D&AD published a book on the art of writing for advertising. The then best-selling book remains an important reference work today-a bible for creative directors. D&AD and TASCHEN have joined forces to bring you an updated and redesigned editi
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Auguste Racinet, Françoise Tétart-Vittu The Costume History ENOriginally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted. Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. TASCHEN’s complete reprint presents Racinet’s exquisitely precise and…
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Hunter S. Thompson, Ralph Steadman The Curse of Lono ENA wild ride to dark Americana: Hunter S. Thompson's and Ralph Steadman's most eccentric book. The Curse of Lono is to Hawaii what Fear and Loathing was to Las Vegas: a journalist's news event coverage that ends up an unclassifiable twist of fiction and reportage, myth and crazed surrealism. Featuring all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay and feral artwork for which the Hunter S. Thompson/Ralph Steadman duo became…
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Alison Castle The Definitive Jacques TatiOscar-winning French filmmaker/performer Jacques Tati, one of the most important figures in the history of cinema, is the subject of this comprehensive and long-overdue tribute to a singular artistic genius. Made with the support of ...
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Raymond Merritt The Dog in PhotographyDog Days. A photo tribute to our four-pawed friends. In celebration of the world’s favorite animal, we bring you over 400 photographs of or about dogs...
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Luc Sante, Annie Leibovitz, Jann S. Wenner The Early Years, 1970-1983For more than half a century,Annie Leibovitzhas been taking culture-defining photographs. Her portraits of politicians, performers, athletes, businesspeople, and royalty make up agallery of our time, ...
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James Lovelock The Earth and I ENThe bigger picture. An essential illustrated collection of earth and human scienceHuman beings are extraordinary creatures. Intelligent, agile, and curious, we have adapted and invented our way to becoming the most important species on the planet. So great is the extent of our influence, that many speak of a new geological era, the Anthropocene, an age defined by human-induced change to the blue and green globe we…
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Justinian Jampol The East German HandbookFor 40 years, the Cold War dominated the world stage. East and West Germany stood at the frontlines of the global confrontation, symbolized by the infamous Berlin Wall, which separated lovers, friends, families, coworkers, and compatriots. The Wende Museum in Los Angeles, California, is named after the period of change immediately following the wall's destruction. It was established in 2002 to study the visual and…
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Bertrand Lemoine The Eiffel Tower ENWhen it was completed in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was the highest structure in the world, measuring 300 meters (984 feet). Built for the World's Fair, it was initially granted a 20-year permit; this permit was thankfully extended and now the Eiffel Tower is one of the world's most famous structures, having become practically synonymous with Paris itself and receiving more than six million visitors annually. This…
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Noel Daniel The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen ENAs treasured today as they will undoubtedly be for generations to come, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales are cornerstones of our collective consciousness as much as of the Western literary canon. From The Ugly Duckling to The Little Mermaid and The Emperor’s New Clothes, this beautifully presented collection shares the eternal magic of these stories with a selection of eight tales, each illustrated with…
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Noel Daniel The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm ENFrom Snow White to Cinderella, Rapunzel to Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm bequeathed a canon of stories which have become literary and childhood classics. The most widely read story collection after the Bible, their magical tales are stalwarts of early learning and imagination, listed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register as a vital part of our history and culture.This new edition of The Fairy Tales of the…
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Werner Oechslin The First Six Books of Elements of Euclid ENRed, yellow, blue – and of course black – are the colours that Oliver Byrne employs for the figures and diagrams in his most unusual 1847 edition of Euclid, published by William Pickering and printed by Chiswick Press, and which prompt the surprised reader to think of Mondrian. The author makes it clear in his subtitle that this is a didactic measure intended to distinguish his edition from all others: The Elements…
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Christo, Jeanne-Claude The Floating Piers ENWaterborne: Christo and Jeanne-Claude s Floating Piers on Lake IseoFrom June 18 to July 3, 2016, 100 kilometers east of Milan and 200 kilometers west of Venice, thousands of people will walk on water. The Floating Piers by Christo and Jeanne-Claude will deploy 70,000 square meters of shimmering yellow fabric above a modular floating dock system of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes to create a temporary, three…
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The Flower Garden ENBotanical bliss. Give yourself flowers every day of the year! For those of you whose datebooks have been replaced by smartphones, TASCHEN has created the new 365 Day-By-Day series so that you can still enjoy the warm analog feeling of marking every day with the turn of a page. Each day you'll discover a new reproduction of a hand-painted engraving from Basilius Besler's magnificent 17th century record of the Garden…
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Steve Schapiro The Godfather Family Album ENAs special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. Schapiro immortalized Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton in photos that have since become iconic images, instantly recognisable and endlessly…
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Steven Heller, Jim Heimann The Golden Age of Advertising - the 70s ENBoth eclipsed and influenced by television, American print ads of the 1970s departed from the bold, graphic forms and subtle messages that were typical of their sixties counterparts. More literal, more in-your-face, 70s ads sought to capture the attention of a public accustomed to blaring, to-the-point TV commercials (even VW ads, known for their witty, ironic statements and minimalist designs, lost some of their…
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Paul Levitz The Golden Age of DC ComicsIn June of 1938, Action Comics debuted with a new kind of comic-book character on its cover: a costumed man with two identities, who possessed extraordinary strength and powers-a man able to protect the public when ordinary measures would not do....