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Pubic hair appeared on the American newsstand in 1970 compliments of Penthouse magazine. Within a year it was everywhere, and in 1975 Midwest...

Voyager à travers le monde peut être lassant: tourisme de masse, avions bondés, aéroports désorganisés, sécurité ultra rigoureuse, chaînes...

Ein Jahrhundert nach seinem Tod fasziniert Egon Schiele immer noch mit ausgezehrten, überdehnten Gestalten und einer drastischen Darstellung...

It was an age of mighty heroes, misunderstood monsters, and complex villains. With the publication of Fantastic Four No. 1 in November 1961,...

Subtile Lichtregie, großartige Farbeffekte, ausgeklügelte Bildkompositionen und eine erstaunliche psychologische Tiefenschärfe: Johannes...

Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of...

Wolfgang Tillmans has explored the medium of photo-imaging with greater range than any other artist of his generation. From early portraits...

Las imágenes que ilustran las portadas de los discos están indisolublemente ligadas a la memoria musical colectiva: cuando pensamos en nuestros...

Après qu'Egon Schiele (1890-1918) se fut affranchi de l'emprise de son maître et modèle Gustav Klimt, il ne lui restait que dix ans pour...

The most comprehensive overview of Christo and Jeanne-Claude to date, now available in a compact edition. Hundreds of photographs and original...

Project Japan: §Zurück in die Zukunft:§Rem Koolhaas und Hans Ulrich Obrist auf den Spuren japanischer Nachkriegs-Architektur "Es war einmal...

A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and...

From the beginning of human history, individuals across cultures and belief systems have looked to the sky for meaning. The movement of...

Spanning the length and breadth of Germany, this remarkable collection features the first color photographic images of what was then a young,...

Wunder der Natur??Die Kunst kommt aus dem Meer - Ernst Haeckels Lithografien??Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) war ein deutscher Biologe, Naturforscher,...

?Tú ya eres famosa, el que se va a hacer famoso ahora soy yo?, le dijo el fotógrafo Lawrence Schiller mientras hablaban de las fotografías...

Nach unserem XXL-Bestseller über Leben und Werk Jean-Michel Basquiats erscheint jetzt diese kompaktere Ausgabe. Hervorragende Reproduktionen...

More than 300 photographs by Lewis W. Hine, whose trailblazing documentary images of early 20th century working conditions helped to transform...

Walter Chandoha’s remarkable legacy as the 20th century’s greatest pet photographer lives on in this sequel to his critically acclaimed...

Frank Frazetta a régné en maître incontesté sur le Fantasy Art pendant 50 ans et depuis sa mort il y a 10 ans, sa gloire ne fait que croître....

Clothes define people. A person's attire, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class,...

"It’s dangerous to be an honest man." ― Michael Corleone, Godfather IIIAs special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford...

In this second volume, Jens Muller rounds off the most comprehensive exploration of graphic design to date in this visual map through history....

Der japanische Holzschnitt ist ein Phänomen ohne westliches Pendant. Neben atemberaubenden Landschaften und erotischen Szenen stellt er...

L'art rencontre la science dans ce magnifique recueil d'illustration botanique. Puisées dans les archives de la Bibliothèque nationale de...

Von Fledermäusen bis zu Flechten, von Echsen bis zu Würfelquallen, von Spinnenbeinen bis zu Mikroben aus den Tiefen der Ozeane: Der Künstler,...

Initiating readers in the fascinating and complex history of witchcraft, from the goddess mythologies of ancient cultures to the contemporary...

Der Traditionswerkstoff Holz feiert in der Architektur weltweit ein furioses Comeback. Vom Bungalow bis zum Sakralbau, von der Firmenzentrale...

Open the door into 100 of the most beautiful and pioneering houses of the past two decades. With featured architects including Daniel Libeskind,...

Meet the Queen The public and private life of the worlds most famous monarch Born in 1926, married in 1947, crowned as Queen in 1953, Her...

Defining Decadence The legacy of Gustav Klimt A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his...

In 1950s New York, before he became one of the most famous names of the 20th century, Andy Warhol was a skilled and successful commercial...

The world’s most beloved fairy tales żeby the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, now in one precious anthology. With beautiful...

Over the course of his short life, Austrian artist Egon Schiele (1890–1918) blazed a turbulent Expressionist trail. A child prodigy, young...

Flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759?1840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor...

Plantas exóticas, corales y cocodrilos, pájaros y mariposas. El extraordinario catálogo de especímenes naturales de Albertus Seba no es...

From Snow White to Cinderella, Rapunzel to Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm bequeathed a canon of stories which have become literary...

?Bond, James Bond.? Desde que James Bond pronunciara aquellas ya míticas palabras en 1962, el agente secreto más galante de la historia...

Aufstieg und Urbanisierung: Wie Los Angeles entstand§Eine Geschichte der Stadt der Engel in Bildern§Diese fotografische Hommage an die Stadt...

In this collection of 20th century alcohol and tobacco ads, we see how the marketing of these products spanned from the elegant to the offbeat....

«Vous pouvez avoir l'univers, dit un jour le compositeur Giuseppe Verdi, si je peux avoir l'Italie.» Au milieu du XIXe siècle, cette déclaration...

Formgiving. An Architectural Future History, the new book by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), is a visionary attempt to look at the horizon of...

Gustav Klimt ist der Wiener Jugendstil. Kein anderer Maler hat dieser Epoche so sehr seinen Stempel aufgeprägt wie er. Seine symbolistisch-allegorischen...

Fashion has Helmut Newton, architecture has Julius Shulman, and cat photography has Walter Chandoha. In 1949, his encounter with a stray...

Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of...

Descubra uno de los tratados anatómicos más completos que se hayan publicado nunca. El resultado de más de dos décadas de dedicación y que...

Culled and assembled aby Romeyn Beck Hough between 1888 and 1913 in what still remains a stunning and unparalleled achievement, American...

Mit seinem Atlas der menschlichen Anatomie schrieb Jean Marc Bourgery im 19. Jahrhundert Medizingeschichte. Das in einem Zeitraum von 20...

Die zdjęcia des New Deal§§Inmitten der Verwerfungen der Weltwirtschaftskrise wurde 1935 die United States Farm Security Administration (FSA)...

A unique tribute from David Bowie's official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie's blessing.In 1972,...

La leggenda di Jean-Michel Basquiat è oggi più viva che mai. Icona della New York degli anni Ottanta, l’artista cominciò a farsi conoscere...

Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. After watching depressing and cynical movies...

The deftness of da vinci. The drawings of Art History's master genius. One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo...

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) fue uno de los últimos grandes artistas de la tradición japonesa del ukiyo-e. La palabra significa literalmente...

Depuis qu'une bande de chercheurs d'or intrépides a placé cette magnifique ville sur la carte de la Californie du Nord, cette ambitieuse...

“What is it about a dull yellow metal that drives men to abandon their homes, sell their belongings and cross a continent in order to risk...

Clothes define people. A person's attire, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class,...

Back in 2002, Simon "Woody" Wood was dreaming up schemes to get free sneakers. Two weeks later, he was the proud owner of Sneaker Freaker...

Emprenda un viaje a través de la moda de los tres últimos siglos. Esta espectacular colección del Instituto de la Indumentaria de Kioto...

A look at the humble treehouse which has graced our tree tops for generations for an array of different uses - from teahouses to hotels...

Concrete$175 That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right$176 Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name...

Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a German-born biologist, naturalist, evolutionist, artist, philosopher, and doctor who spent his life researching...

In the age of big data and digital distribution, when news travel ever further and faster and media outlets compete for a fleeting slice...

Daniel Kramers klassisches Bob-Dylan-Fotoalbum dokumentiert die für den Künstler entscheidenden Jahre 1964/65, in denen Dylan den Wandel...

Joan Blaeus Atlas, der schönste, der je veröffentlicht wurde§§Im Jahr 1665 vollendet, bildet Joan Blaeus außergewöhnlicher Atlas Maior den...

Take a journey through the makers and shapers of celluloid history. From horror to romance, noir to slapstick, adventure to tragedy, western...

Ob vertäfelte Klosterbibliothek, Büchersaal einer altehrwürdigen Universität, ein von Kamelen gezogenes Buchmobil an der kenianisch-somalischen...

Discover the master of Modernist simplicity, Tadao Ando. Bringing our XXL-sized tribute to a smaller, more convenient format, this collection...

Graphic beauty: Breathtaking drawingsFew artists can claim such tenacious fame across continents and centuries as Michelangelo Buonarroti(1475-1564)....

In 1965, Tom of Finland began flirting with the idea of an ongoing character for his panel stories, the ultimate Tom’s Man. He tried out...

Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was the most wide-ranging and incisive study...

Nach einer epischen Reise in den brasilianischen und peruanischen Amazonas schuf der deutsche Botaniker von Martius einen außergewöhnlichen...

First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called "Negro problem." As remarkable for...

Der dritte Band der Library of Esoterica unternimmt eine spannende Reise durch die Geschichte der Hexenkunst und folgt dabei der magischen...

Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954)....

From the first detailed drawing of the moon to the first sketch of a cell, the earliest computer to black holes, trace the visual history...

This fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling New York Times travel guide offers clever itineraries for 150 weekend trips across...

The life of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) was full of complexity and contradictions. As a young man he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement...

Die Geschichte der modernen Mode - von der Haute Couture zum Massenmarkt§§Im 20. Jahrhundert entwickelte sich die Mode von einem reinen...

The Japanese woodblock print is a phenomenon with no Western equivalent, one where breathtaking landscapes exist alongside blush-inducing...

Fantasy art, that colorful blend of myth, muscle and sexy maidens, took off in 1923 with the launch of Weird Tales magazine, was reinvigorated...

Caravaggio, el chico malo de la pintura italiana, es considerado una de las figuras más influyentes de la historia del arte. Este exhaustivo...

Artiste pop, peintre de la vie moderne et des paysages, maître de la couleur, explorateur de l'image et de la perception — depuis soixante...

Modern by Tradition A survey of Japan’s contemporary architecture scene The contemporary architecture of Japan has long been among the most...

Nel corso degli anni, il graphic design – con la sua vivida e nitida sintesi di immagini e idee – ha catturato lo spirito di ogni epoca....

Whether it's a culinary adventure in vibrant Mexico City, an historic and meditative train ride through Siberia, or a solo trip to Paris,...

First impressions count, especially in Milano. In this unprecedented photographic journey, editor Karl Kolbitz opens the door to 144 of...

The Dutch Golden Age of painting spawned some of history's greatest artists and artisans, but few can boast the genius and legacy of Rembrandt...

Through the turbulent passage of time, graphic design―with its vivid, neat synthesis of image and idea―has distilled the spirit of each...

Eine weitere Folge in unserer Little-Book-of-Tom-of-Finland-Reihe, diesmal zum Thema Uniformfetisch. Wie gewohnt nimmt Drill-Sergeant Tom...

Dalís Muse, Hitchcocks schlimmste Angst oder einfache Zutat: Das Ei und seine kulturelle und kulinarische Geschichte sind Gegenstand einer...

The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30–1569) were marked aby stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the...

From the moment Star Wars burst onto the screen in 1977, audiences have been in equal parts fascinated and appalled by the half-man/half-machine...

From Frank Lloyd Wright to Antoni Gaudi, Frank O. Gehry to Shigeru Ban and all the best stuff in between, it's all here. This essential...

No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists,...

The first-ever exhibition curated żeby Peter Lindbergh himself, shortly before his untimely death, Untold Stories at the Düsseldorf Kunstpalast...

It was on a Malibu beach in 1988 that Peter Lindbergh shot the White Shirts series, images now known the world over. Simple yet seminal,...

The rural, remote, and wild territories we call "countryside", or the 98% of the earth's surface not occupied żeby cities, make up the front...

Auf der Suche nach einer verlorenen Zeit Mister Curtis ist beides, Künstler und geübter Beobachter. Seine Aufnahmen sind Bilder, nicht bloß...

From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, more than a...

The real Fidel This is a telling portrait of Cuba and its enigmatic leader. In December of 1958, Lee Lockwood, then a young photojournalist,...

The rural, remote, and wild territories we call "countryside", or the 98% of the earth’s surface not occupied aby cities, make up the front...

Celebrating the magick of the natural realm, Volume IV of The Library of Esoterica, delves into the symbolism, ceremony, and our ritual...

The most famous 18th-century copper engraver, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) made his name with etchings of ancient Rome. His startling,...

Publié à l'origine en France entre 1876 et 1888, Le Costume historique d'Auguste Racinet représentait l'étude la plus complète et la plus...

Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images, M.C. Escher was a master of the third dimension. His impossible geometry and illusions,...

Peter Lindbergh’s seminal compendium, now published in a special anniversary edition.Through collaborations with the most venerated names...

Peter Lindbergh et Azzedine Alaïa, le photographe et le couturier, se sont retrouvés dans l'affection pour le noir, qu'ils cultivent de...

Take home one of the most cult artists in history with this handy edition, presenting all known works of Hieronymus Bosch. Through full...

Aufstieg und Urbanisierung: Wie Los Angeles entstand. Eine Geschichte der 'Stadt der Engel' in Bildern

Im Zeitalter von High-Tech und klimatischer Extreme ertrinken wir in Information und dürsten zugleich nach Weisheit. Hier kommt Lo-TEK ins...

Vierzehn Jahre, die die Welt veränderten: Das Bauhaus existierte nur zwischen 1919 und 1933 und wurde dennoch zur wichtigsten und einflussreichsten...

Meet the inventor of modern horror. This complete guide to the Hitchcock canon is a movie buff's dream: from his 1925 debut The Pleasure...

In seiner leidenschaftlichen Bewunderung für die grandiosen Fähigkeiten der altägyptischen und orientalischen Künstler leistete der französische...

Considerado como uno de los padres de la pintura moderna, Vincent van Gogh es también una de las figuras trágicas más célebres de la historia...

Making stops in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, this edition rounds up some of today’s most exceptional and...

Through ancient wonders, world capitals, and tiny places with infectious personalities, Europe packs some serious travel punches. The world's...

Le Cabinet des curiosités naturelles est une des plus grandes réalisations scientifiques du XVIIIe siecle et l'un des ouvrages d'histoire...

The Wunderkammer, or "cabinet of curiosities," saw collectors gathering objects from many strands of artistic, scientific, and intellectual...