A must-have for any art buff, this definitive who's who of Impressionism gathers 10 monographs from the Basic Art series for the price of three. Precise texts and impeccable reproductions guide us through the life and works of Cezanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Rousseau, Seurat, Toulouse- Lautrec, and van Gogh.
A dazzling celebration of the world's most popular sport in its most glorious decade. With breathtaking photographs and texts from award-winning football writers, this is a passionate tribute to the golden age of legendary matches, serious sideburns, and such original soccer superstars as Beckenbauer, Best, Cruyff, and Pele. Winner of the Best...
Explore the turbulent times and revolutionary ideas of 20th-century art. From Surrealism to Land Art, Fluxus to Bauhaus, this readable and comprehensive survey is your be-all, end-all guide to the people and works that redefined `art' as we knew it, from 1900 to 2000. Ranging across the full spectrum of disciplines, including photography and...
Renowned for his political remarks and social media activity almost as much as for his art, which is based on social interventions, a contemporary approach to the readymade, and his familiarity with Chinese traditional crafts, Ai Weiwei's fame extends throughout and beyond the art world. This monograph explores each of the periods of Ai's work...
For many film lovers, the 1970s represent a high point in creativity, a golden age of individualist directors making their marks. In this book you'll find a host of key movies of the era that saw a flowering of talent and the arrival of the blockbuster with the likes of Jaws and Star Wars. číst celé
The noughties installment of our Movies series selects 99 of the cinematic star turns that defined the years 2000 to 2010, from blockbuster Lord of the Rings installments to cult classics Lost in Translation, Inglourious Basterds, and And Your Mother Too. Each film is featured with stills, production photos, synopsis, analysis, and movie-buff...
This fresh edition of TASCHEN's award-winning XXL volume explores Matisse's gouaches decoupees, produced during the final years of his life. Discover the complete history of these bright, bold cut-outs through rare photographs by the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson and F. W. Murnau, as well as texts from poets like Louis Aragon, Matisse's son-in-...
Meet Rudolph Michael Schindler, the Austrian-born architect who combined Cubism, the International Style, and Californian Modernism into space architecture. Unnoticed for decades, his structures are today hailed as landmarks of the Modernist movement. This collection presents Schindler's most important projects through crisp photography,...
For generations, children and adults alike have loved the timeless storytelling of Hans Christian Andersen. This sumptuous collection of eight of his best-loved stories is presented with sparkling vintage illustrations from artists including Kay Nielsen, Josef Palecek, and Lotte Reiniger, as well as a bonus set of stickers of favorite fairy...
A defining form-giver of the 20th century, Marcel Breuer is a modernist locus classicus. From his landmark tubular furniture to binuclear housing, his projects across Europe and the United States are case studies in the balance of texture, color, and form, and the elegant symbiosis of local and global, big and small, rough and smooth.