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Ich bin ein Berliner!. Ein Insider-Guide für die deutsche Hauptstadt

Famed for his motto "less is more," Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) was one of the founding fathers of modern architecture and a hotly-debated...

The creative duo Charles Eames (1907–1978) and Ray Kaiser Eames (1912–1988) transformed the visual character of America. Though best known...

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

Immerse yourself in the rich shades and textures of Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1490–1576), commonly known as Titian, and the figurehead of 16th-century...

A polymath of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was a prolific artist, theorist, and writer whose works explored everything...

This book deals with the seminal surrealist. It explores Dali's grandiose and grotesque oeuvre. Picasso called Dali "an outboard motor that's...

A monumental touch: Tadao Ando, master of the serene yet mightyPhilippe Starck describes him as a mystic in a country which is no longer...

Pioneering designs for affordable postwar homes.

Henri Rousseau behauptete, er habe "keinen Lehrmeister außer der Natur". Erst in seinen späten Vierzigern begann der Zollbeamte im Ruhestand...

This title features outstanding letterheads, envelopes, and business cards from around the world - good ideas by the hundreds. Whether you're...

Discover how scenes of daily life and delicate dabs of color shocked the art world establishment.In this TASCHEN Basic Art introduction...

Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980) visse al centro del sofisticato ambiente artistico parigino degli anni Venti e Trenta del Novecento. La sua...

Au milieu des ann es 1950, Yves Klein (1928-1962) d clarait: Un nouveau monde r clame un homme nouveau. Avec son style tr s personnel et...

Along came Amedeo: A unique type of beauty In endless odes to the female form, Amedeo Modigliani(1884 1920) traced elongated bodies, almond...

In the mid-1950s, Yves Klein (1928–1962) declared that "a new world calls for a new man." With his idiosyncratic style and huge charisma,...

Hailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953) emigrated to Chicago in 1914, like his lifelong friend and rival Richard Neutra....

About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN s Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist,...

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) possessed the rare ability to transform unconscious compulsions into figurative, human-like forms that seem to...

Para sus contemporáneos de la Venecia de finales del siglo XVI, El Greco (1541-1614) era un hombre a contracorriente, un artista innato...

With meticulous theories and many thousands of paintings, drawings, and watercolors, Paul Klee (1879–1940) is considered one of the most...

C'est durant la postproduction de 2OO1, l'Odyss e de l'espace que Stanley Kubrick commence pr parer son nouveau projet, une biographie film...

Architect Albert Frey (1903–1998) saw a modernist utopia in the desert. Born in Zurich, he studied in Europe with Le Corbusier before moving...

Nicknamed "il divino," Renaissance genius Michelangelo combined body, spirit, and God into visionary masterpieces across sculpture, painting,...

Louis Isadore Kahn (1901–1974) treated each building like a temple. Across the United States, in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Israel,...

Until his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven decades of work,...

One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Leonardo also advanced...

The solitude of man and the bleak beauty of nature are prominent themes in the work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), the great romantic...

El dúo creativo compuesto por Charles Eames (1907-1978) y Ray Kaiser Eames (1912-1988) transformó la estética estadounidense. Aunque se...

Commerce into art. This title deals with a critical observer of American society. Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is recognized today as the most...

Printmaker, landscape painter, and cofounder of Der Blaue Reiter ("The Blue Rider"),Franz Marc (1880–1916) left an exceptional legacy in...

Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically....

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is considered as one of the important American painters in 20th century art. In canvas after canvas he painted...

Hailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, Abstract Expressionism denotes the non-representational use...

Lucian Freud (1922 2011) was interested in the telling of truth. Always operating outside the main currents of 20th-century art, the esteemed...

With his passion for smooth surfaces, fine lines, and spatial plans, Adolf Loos was a prophet of 20th-century architecture. This essential...

Empathy and ecstasy An homage to Africa's people and wildlife Sebastiao Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today,...

Umworbener Malerfürst, angesehener Diplomat, erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann - Peter Paul Rubens war ein Superstar des Barock, ein schon zu...

Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti (1891–1979) is difficult to pin down. With an extraordinarily prolific output and eclectic style,...

Peter Lindbergh photographed DIOR's most exceptional muses, Marion Cotillard and Charlize Theron among them, and signed campaigns for Lady...

From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was catapulted...

While some architects have a signature style, Renzo Piano seeks to apply coherent ideas to extraordinarily different projects. His buildings...

Greece is the land of gods and scholars as well as the birthplace of democracy and Western philosophy. Completely surrounded by the Mediterranean...

There are few images of 20th-century architecture more iconic than the nighttime view of Case Study House #22. At its eagle’s nest promontory...

This visceral life: Seeing the world through Expressionist eyes Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colors, and distorted perspectives are...

If Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) remains an enigma today, it is little wonder. Even his contemporaries found the Netherlandish painter's...

American painter Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) pioneered a new epoch in American art, bursting onto a scene dominated żeby Abstract Expressionism...

Der ursprünglich aus Wien stammende Richard Neutra (1892 - 1970) ging am Beginn seiner Karriere nach Amerika und ließ sich in Kalifornien...

From impossible staircases to tesselated birds, Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972) crafted a unique graphic language of patterns, puzzles,...

Il grande fiammingo Pieter Bruegel il Vecchio (c. 1526/31-1569) fu un pittore e disegnatore dotato di un'inventiva eccezionale, che lasciò...

Looking at the Divine Proportion, a secret code that rules art, nature and science, and can be seen in simple patterns such as seed patterns...

Pivotal paintings of modernity.

Die letzte Außenseiterdisziplin der Bildenden Kunst§Graffiti und nichtsanktionierte Kunst von den lokalen Ursprüngen zum globalen Phänomen§In...

A comprehensive resource with entries covering individual architects, but also groups. Movements and styles.

Special anniversary edition, with a 70-minute interview from 1966 with Kubrick. With 800 archive items, many never published before.

Anyone who visits Barcelona will come across the works of Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926), the architect who has attracted art-lovers...

Elements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, facade, balcony, corridor, fireplace,...

Tizian ist der unbestrittene Meister der venezianischen Hochrenaissance, berühmt für seine innovative Farbgebung, ausgeklügelten Kompositionen...

Explore las estructuras neofuturistas de Santiago Calatrava atravesando sus múltiples y célebres puentes y recorriendo sus edificios culturales,...

It was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, of brilliant book design, of the Bauhaus total work of art, of pioneering psychology,...

Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to...

Most commonly associated with the birth of the Impressionist movement in mid-19th-century Paris, Edgar Degas (1834–1917) in fact defied...

Con sus hombres con bombín flotando en el cielo o la pintura de una pipa sobre la leyenda «Esto no es una pipa», René Magritte (1898-1967)...

Painter, sculptor, writer, and film maker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. This...

An extraordinarily prolific artist, Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) produced some 4,000 paintings in his lifetime, not including a prodigious...

Una aproximación indispensable a la obra pictórica completa de Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), sus influyentes ideas y su impacto en la historia...

Show and tell. Ten years after his much-celebrated "A Private View", photographer Sante d'Orazio is back with a second volume of his illustrated...

Starfotograf Peter Lindbergh hält nicht viel von retuschierten Plastikgesichtern. Dem "Terror von Jugend und Perfektion" setzt er in Shadows...

Discover how scenes of daily life and delicate dabs of color shocked the art world establishment.In this TASCHEN Basic Art introduction...

Swiss artist HR Giger (1940-2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien,...

Abstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and...

Eroe ribelle dell'espressionismo astratto, nel corso della sua vita Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) attraversò il panorama dell'arte americana...

Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review L'Esprit...

At the age of six, Salvador Dal (1904-1989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napoleon. "Since then," he later said,...

La obra de Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) provoca un impacto similar al que sentiría una persona que pudiera ver de repente....

With his instantly recognizable decorative style, Czech artist and Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) defined the look of the...

Master innovator: Challenging accepted notions of architectureFrom emergency relief shelters to a cardboard cathedral and exhibition spaces...

After the bust out success of The Big Book of Breasts TASCHEN presents the perfect companion, The Big Penis Book.When it comes to pleasure,...

Poets and intellectuals brushed shoulders in bustling coffeehouses, young avant-gardists heralded a new era in social and sexual liberalism,...

Die Meisterwerke des größten Architekten Amerikas§§Ein Gebäude von Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) ist immer unverkennbar individuell und...

Mêlant histoire du design et voyage nostalgique dans notre mémoire musicale, cette anthologie iconographique des albums de jazz est surtout...

Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was a fighting spirit. Despite a cancer diagnosis in 1941, increasing frailty, and the confines of a wheelchair,...

Dreamlike, fantastic imagery WithSalvador Dalias its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the wild and turbulent sea ofthe...

With a career spanning seven decades, Catalan-born Joan Miró (1893–1983) was a polymath giant of modern art, producing masterworks across...

Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may...

A hairless, ghostly figure on a bridge. The sky orange-red above him. His hands raised to his ears, his mouth wide in a haunting wail. In...

With the patronage of the powerful Medici family, a canon of secular and religious work, and contributions to the celebrated Sistine Chapel,...

Con una carrera artística que se desarrolló a lo largo de siete décadas, Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893-Palma de Mallorca, 1983) fue un titán...

Scottish architect, designer, and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) was one of the earliest pioneers of modern architecture...

Uno de los grandes protagonistas del movimiento impresionista, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) sigue siendo una figura destacada en la...

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world",...

This double-volume is the ultimate collector car anthology, featuring 100 of the most remarkable and desirable cars of all time, from the...

Spanish visionary Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. Famed for...

Inspired żeby the development of Cubism, the Futurist movement was founded in 1909 aby Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, along with painters Giacomo...

The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), who later lived in Germany and France, is one of the pioneers of 20th-century art. Nowadays...

An encounter with Gerhard Richter, the German artist who widened horizons in the relationship between painting and reality. From early photographic...

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting, drawing, and etching, he...

In the latter half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside near Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), busily plied his brush...

Court painter to King Philip IV of Spain, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 1599 – August 6, 1660) is not only a leading light...

Un año después de su llegada a Hollywood en 1914 desde Inglaterra, su país natal, Charlie Chaplin ya era el rey de la comedia en Estados...

William Morris (1834-1896) was one of the great figures of the 19th century-a pioneer of modern design. His work as a visionary designer,...

From basketball tanks to flower puppies, the creations of Jeff Koons (born 1955) have become part of our popular culture, blurring the borders...

Often imitated but never equaled, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future...

Sometimes considered the first avant-garde art movement, the Pre-Raphaelites rejected their era's dominant artistic theories for what they...

After flirtations with Realism, Impressionism, and Symbolism, Kiev-born Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935) found his métier in dissolving literal,...

When Benedikt Taschen asked the most important portrait photographer working today, Annie Leibovitz, to collect her pictures in a SUMO-sized...

The tortured talents of a post Impressionist master.

One of the leading lights of the Impressionist movement, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) remains a towering figure in art history with...

The creator of the ubiquitous Knoll "Tulip" chairs and tables, Eero Saarinen (1910–1961) was one of the 20th century’s most prominent space...

35 years of daring, defiant photography Since her first photographs in the late '70s, Bettina Rheims has defied the predictable. From her...

Never Mind the PollocksKunst mit Umdrehungen: Künstler gestalteten PlattencoverOb Salvador Dalí wohl gerne romantische Tanzmusik und Mood...

The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this collection...

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) was a major figure in modern American art for some seven decades. Importantly, her fame was not associated...

In our imaginings of Paris, painter and graphic artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec(1864–1901) has no small role to play. In his prints, posters,...

Piet Mondrian represented an artist not only of absolute modernity, but also of great integrity. He remains one of the most distinctive...

Reproducing all the original images from "The Book Of Miracles" - first surfacing a few years ago - it conveys a unique view of the concerns...

Destination exoticPaul Gauguin's Pacific visions radiate with color and sunshine Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was not cut out for finance. Nor...

Great walls in China§Schöne und traditionelle Häuser in der Volksrepublik§Mehr als 6000 Jahre alt, ist China die älteste Hochkultur der...

Readymade man Changing the course of 20th-century art When is a urinal no longer a urinal? When Marcel Duchamp (1887 1968) declared it to...

In 2016, sportswear manufacturer Nike and fashion designer Virgil Abloh joined forces to create a sneaker collection celebrating 10 of the...