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In January 1976, as George Lucas prepared to shoot his new film, then titled The Star Wars, he asked Marvel Comics to publish a comic book for the film’s release. Marvel’s initial reluctance abated once they understood that Lucas was prepared to give…
One part history book, one part art book, and one part fascinating memoir, this book is an overview of more than two centuries of tattoo history intermixed with an intimate look at the lives of tattoo artists, and the personal struggles and triumphs,…
In eastern France, close to the German and Swiss borders, lies the historic city of Mulhouse. During the early 19th century, it became one of the leading centres of textile manufacture in the country. Today it is home to the Musée de l’Impression sur…
Branding is a kind of alchemy, conjured from form, color, typography, imagery, sound, and motion. How do these elements work their magic on the way we perceive companies and products? From Netflix and Instagram to Nike and Deutsche Bank, this volume…
Get closer than ever to the movie that changed the movies. This behind-the-scenes spectacular of 2001: A Space Odysseysheds light on the lead actors, senior production designers, special-effects experts and masterminds of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C.…
Kniha Fenomén Fitness ponúka ucelený pohľad na aktuálny a dynamický svet fitness, ktorý sa stal významným spoločenským fenoménom. Autor sa v nej zaoberá jeho historickým vývojom, kultúrnymi vplyvmi a faktorom, prečo je fitness tak populárne medzi rôznymi…
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…
Mission accomplished: this collection presents the 100 most loved and successful films of the 1990s, complete with stills, synopses, analysis, and trivia. In the 90s, rising directors Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino introduced non-linear storytelling,…
The noughties installment of TASCHEN’s Movies series selects 100 of the cinematic triumphs that defined the decade, from the blockbuster Lord of the Rings franchise to cult classics such as Lost in Translation and Inglourious Basterds. Each film is featured…
Find yourself up close and personal with the King. This collection brings together photographs of Elvis from the legendary portfolio of Alfred Wertheimer. Extraordinary in their intimacy and scope, these pictures immortalize a young man in the very process…
Produced by the Detroit Photographic Company between 1888 and 1924, these rediscovered Photochrom and Photostint postcard images are the very first color pictures of North America. An unparalleled voyage across peoples, places, and time unfolds in this…
The first woman to use the fledgling medium of photography for scientific purposes, Anna Atkins captured the delicacy of algae and ferns in her albums, pioneering examples of photographic practice in their own right. This edition reprints her…
Floor plans comprise all the attributes that elevate building from a trade to an art form: proportion, balance, coherence, structure, matter, and dynamism. Each one is a work of art in and of itself. This fascinating compendium is an inquiry…
Bob Willoughby’s tender Hepburn portfolio is an unrivalled record of one of the 20th century’s touchstone beauties. At once an enraptured admirer and trusted friend of the starlet, Willougby captured Hepburn’s elegance on and off set, from her Oscar-winning…
Daniel Kramer’s classic Bob Dylan portfolio captures the artist’s transformative “big bang” year of 1964-65. Through vast concert halls, intimate recording sessions, and the famous transition to electric guitar, these images offer one of the most mesmerizing…
A facsimile of Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei, Fausto and Felice Niccolini’s extraordinary Pompeii publication, first issued in 1854 and featuring color plates of the buried Vesuvian city. An enduring archaeological masterpiece, the volume reveals…
Francis Kéré’s riveting first-person account reveals the ideas and values that drive him and his socially engaged architectural practice. The 2022 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize covers 26 key projects, illustrated with many unseen sketches,…
In 1929 Hal Foster illustrated Tarzan of the Apes as a 60-episode daily newspaper strip: the first adventure comic. From 1931 to 1937, 292 full-page Tarzan Sunday comics followed. Foster’s ape man defined Tarzan and adventure comics for decades to come.…
Whether it's diamond-encrusted grills, oversized “truck” style chains, bust-down Rolex and Patek Philippe watches or a Tiffany necklace, jewelry is a cornerstone of hip-hop culture. Glittering, blinged-out jewels are the shining statement of a collective…
In 1961 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created The Fantastic Four—a powerhouse super hero team revolutionary for their flaws and complexity—that kicked the comic industry into high gear. This volume reproduces the Four’s first 20 stories and charts how it became…
Grab a front row seat to the creation of “The Strangest Super-Heroes of All!” In this compact edition, the first 21 X-Men stories from 1963–1966 have been meticulously reproduced from the most pristine copies of these rare comic books—the fourth volume…
By early 1963 the foundations of the Marvel Universe had been laid. Following the introduction of the Fantastic Four in 1961 came the amazing (Spider-Man), the astonishing (Ant-Man), the strange (Doctor, that is), the incredible (Hulk), the invincible…
Witness the creation of the world’s favorite web-slinger as dreamed up by comic book legends Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, who redefined what it meant to be a hero. The first 21 Spider-Man stories are collected in an intimate view of the teen hero’s origin…
Architectural icon Norman Foster walks us through his most famous projects, from the Millennium Bridge and the “Gherkin”, to Apple Park and Berlin’s Reichstag. Encompassing his entire oeuvre, and packed with unpublished sketches and handpicked images,…
In richly visual essays, written and curated by Foster himself, the internationally celebrated architect examines the interconnected ideas that shape his work. Reflecting on Roots, Flight, Nature, Art, Making, Place, Cities, and his love of all things…
No other 17th-century artist played the self-portrait game as extravagantly as the Dutchman Rembrandt. Spanning from his youth until just a year prior to his death, this collection gathers the entirety of Rembrandt’s self-portraiture. The works are an…
Rembrandt was revered as a genius during his lifetime and has fascinated generations of artists and connoisseurs ever since. Rembrandt's trademark – rRembrandt was revered as a genius during his lifetime and has fascinated generations of artists and…
Discover Ernst Haeckel, the 19th-century artist-biologist who found beauty in even the most unlikely of creatures. This collection features over 450 prints from his most important publications, including the majestic Kunstformen der Natur. As biodiversity…
When Flemish engraver and publisher Theodore de Bry issued the first volume of his America series in 1590, the New World was truly novel for most Europeans. Gleaned from the travel accounts of adventurers like Thomas Harriot, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir…
Follow the evolution and devolution of a distinctly American genre: Hundreds of covers and interior images from dozens of magazine titles, True Crime Detective Magazines tells the story, not just of the “detectives,” but also of America’s attitudes towards…