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Wander the halls of Italy's Renaissance libraries, revel in the Sahara's imposing silence as described by Paul Bowles, or stroll the streets of Josephine Baker's Paris. The writers and photographers of The New York Times are your guides to the history, literature, art, or cuisine of a destination in 100 stories from the Cultured Traveler column.

It was the decade of Coco Chanel and Josephine Baker, Art Deco and Surrealism, cafe culture and cabarets. Americans Hemingway and Man Ray mingled with emigres Brancusi, Chagall and Archipenko and painters from Matisse and Picasso to Dali in the bohemian arts scene of Montparnasse, while Brassai photographed the pulsating dance halls of...

Jean Nouvel, Pritzker-Preisträger 2008, gilt weithin als Frankreichs originellster und wichtigster zeitgenössischer Architekt. Von 1967 bis 1970 assistierte er den richtungsweisenden Architekten Claude Parent und Paul Virilio, bevor er sein eigenes Büro in Paris gründete. Seinem ersten von Kritikern gefeierten Projekt, dem Pariser Institut du Monde Arabe (1981-1987), folgten renommierte Vorhaben wie die Fondation Cartier in Paris, das Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, die Philharmonie de Paris und der Louvre Abu Dhabi. Zu Nouvels jüngsten Projekten gehören der 82-stöckige 53W53 Tower in New York, die Duo Towers in Paris sowie das Shanghai Pudong Art Museum.Diese umfassend aktualisierte Ausgabe seiner XXL-Monografie aus dem Jahr 2008 vervollständigt das Werkverzeichnis Nouvels und überblickt seine beeindruckende Karriere in einem einzigen Band. Mit mehr als 25 neuen Projekten und aktuellen Fotos offenbart sich auf fast 800 Seiten sein einzigartiges Talent in den Schilderungen wichtiger Projekte, wie dem Pavillon für die Londoner Serpentine Gallery, sowie laufender Arbeiten, darunter das spektakuläre Sharaan Desert Resort, ein in den Sandsteinfelsen der saudi-arabischen Al-¿Ula Oase geschlagenes Hotel. Mit ihrem vom Architekten selbst gestalteten Design und ausgewählten Bildmaterial präsentiert sich diese Publikation von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite, innen wie außen, als echter Nouvel.

In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited his father's publishing company, EC Comics. Over the next eight years, Gaines and his writers and artists reinvented the comic book, introducing mature themes and legendary titles like Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, and MAD. With more than 1,000 images, EC fans are sure to find something new.

Trace the evolution of machines in this visual survey of the Information Age, from analog to digital, mainframes to mobile phones. Jens Muller's exploration features photographs, advertisements, and concept drawings of inventions that ushered in the digital era, revealing how creations like the pager, the internet, and the computer,...

With dramatic expressions of futurism alongside rustic eco-trends, this book collects the best of 1970s design in one expertly curated and annotated volume, drawn from the now-classic collectible, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook. Across metalware, textiles, ceramics, and more, explore a decade of fast-moving ideas and vehemently opposing...

Latex, plastics, and fervent consumerism: discover the design trends and materials which literally shaped the American 1950s. This overview explores a decade of postwar rebuilding driven by idealistic vision and positive spirit, applied from the suburbs to the inner cities, and from furniture to metalware. This edition revives the rare and...

From the snap and crackle of Pop to the florid excesses of the hippie era, explore the most memorable designs from the transformative 1960s. Drawn from the much-coveted Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook, this colorful survey of interiors, lighting, textiles, and more records explosive creativity in a decade of unprecedented social, sexual,...

Since the '90s, Sandro Vannini has created complete photographic reproductions that reveal murals and artifacts in unprecedented detail. This condensed edition combines contemporary understanding of ancient Egyptian afterlife with Vannini's super high-resolution photography to cast an enthralling light on the voyage the pharaoh was thought to...

Open the door into 100 of the most beautiful and pioneering houses of the past two decades. With featured architects including Daniel Libeskind, Herzog & de Meuron, and Zaha Hadid, this is a dependable global digest of the nuances, challenges, and opportunities of turning all the emotional and practical requirements of "home" into a constructed...

An exhaustive exploration of one of art history's most mysterious masters, Hieronymus Bosch. This monograph, based on the XXL edition which saw TASCHEN commission new photography of recently restored works, unravels his oeuvre through accessible texts, a special chapter on The Garden of Earthly Delights, a fold-out of The Last Judgment, and...

Includes books which feature a chronological summary of an artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist, approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions, and a biography.

From Azzedine Alaia and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent, celebrate over a century's worth of fashion greats. This updated edition, expanded to include 15 new labels, highlights some 500 garments in the permanent collection of The Museum at FIT in New York City. Features texts by the Museum's director and chief curator...

70 years of DIOR history set against the bustle of Times Square: this was Peter Lindbergh's concept, extraordinary both in scope and dimension, for which the House allowed an unprecedented number of its most iconic garments to travel across the Atlantic. In this two-volume compendium, the legendary photographer's final book project, discover...

This fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling New York Times travel guide offers clever itineraries for 150 weekend trips across North America, from New York City to Kansas City, Big Sur to Boston. Complete with nearly 1,000 photos, detailed city-by-city maps, and 33 new stories including Anchorage, the Berkshires, Boulder, and...

Meet Gerhard Richter, the German artist who redefined painting. Between abstract works and photography-based paintings, Richter pushes the medium's boundaries and reminds us of its urgency and importance in a world overwhelmed by digital images. This introduction to one of the greatest artists of our time explores his entire career.

Explore a city of architectural splendor, ubiquitous history, and incomparable heritage of art, design, and music. This collection brings together hundreds of photographs from the last 175 years to trace the history of Vienna; from imperial city to modern metropolis, from major landmarks to tucked-away treasures, and from the flowering of the...

Named after Maximilian I's literary alter ego, Freydal is the largest extant tournament book of the Late Middle Ages, inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World program. This publication from Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum commemorates the 500th anniversary of Maximilian's death, combining for the first time all 255 gold- and silver-...

Miguel Rio Branco unites more than four decades of work across several major cities into one astonishing poetic statement on urban life. Eschewing city landmarks or aspirational ideals, Rio Branco turns his lens to common threads of struggle in metropolises around the globe. Maldicidade is a collection in which all urban dwellers will find...

Discover the complete works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the most significant artist of Flemish Renaissance painting. Marking the 450th anniversary of his death and his first ever monographic exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, this XXL monograph gathers all 40 paintings, 65 drawings, and 89 engravings-each piece a unique...

More than 300 photographs by Lewis W. Hine, whose trailblazing documentary images of early 20th-century working conditions helped to transform United States labor laws. This book covers all eras of Hine's work, including his pictures of child laborers, of new immigrants on Ellis Island, and of the construction of the Empire State Building.

Master photographer Ralph Gibson returns with an exquisite collection of nudes, combining the best of his work with an in-depth interview by Eric Fischl. Strikingly graphic, meticulously composed, and loaded with subtle provocations, Gibson's mysterious, dreamlike images pay homage to such greats as Man Ray and Edward Weston, while continually...

Discover some of the finest masterpieces of Ancient Egypt. This catalogue gathers sarcophagi, statues, murals, and other timeless treasures by unknown masters from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period.

Architect, magazine editor, artist, academic: Gio Ponti's multifaceted oeuvre blurred boundaries across creative disciplines and lead the evolution of modern design in Italy. Filled with archival images, a timeline, and map of his Milanese buildings, this dedicated introduction traces Ponti's most celebrated works and provides an extensive...

Bibliophiles, rejoice! In this rapturous photographic journey, Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries around the world to celebrate their architectural and historical wonder. From medieval to 19th-century institutions, private to monastic collections, this is a cultural-historical pilgrimage to the heart of our halls...

In 1940s and '50s America girlie magazines couldn't show much, so publisher Robert Harrison lured his readers in with vibrant covers by top pin-up artists Earl Moran, Billy DeVorss, and Peter Driben. This edition celebrates this eye-catching candy with every cover of Beauty Parade, Wink, Titter, Eyeful, Flirt, and Whisper, from 1942 to 1955.

With more than 300 photographs from the likes of Steven Meisel, David LaChapelle, Peter Lindbergh, and Corinne Day, this book is a visual testimony to the world's highest-earning model. Breathtaking images from Gisele's breakthrough in the late '90s through to her most recent campaigns are accompanied by personal tributes from friends,...

Delight in page after page of Michelangelo's graphic brilliance. From architectural structures to anatomically perfect figures, this fresh edition intersperses some of the artist's finest drawings with his own notes and revisions, offering spine-tingling proximity to the process of his genius.