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Bigger Is Better: The Ultimate Tom of FinlandExtra-oversized for maximum pleasureIn 1998, TASCHEN introduced the world to the masterful art of Touko Laaksonen with The Art of Pleasure. Prior to that, Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland, enjoyed an intense cult following in the interna..

Valentino Garavani: the greatest name in Italian coutureFor almost half a century Valentino dominated Italian haute couture, dressing the world's wealthiest and most glamorous women. Only a few years after opening his fashion house in Rome in 1959, Valentino could already count Elizabeth Taylor,..

A fantastic life cut shortJames Dean died at the age of 24, yet half a century later his mystique is unfaded. Had luck favored him that fatal evening, he might still be with us, an actor in the same generation as Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, and Sean Connery. His phenomenally chari..

Capturing Several Centuries of French Crusades A faultless facsimile — accurate to the color of the medieval gold heightening Completed circa 1474, S?bastien Mamerot's lavishly illustrated manuscript is the only contemporary document to capture several centuries of French crusades, when successive k..

An homage to the Curtis's 30-year Native American photography projectAt the turn of the century, the American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952) started on his 30-year project to produce a monumental study of North American Indians. Using an approach that was both artistically and sc..

Wanderlust: Burton Holmes, the man who brought the world home "All the delights of travel for those who stay at home." It was the Belle ?poque, a time before air travel or radio, at the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking, when Burton Holmes (1870–1958) began a lifelong journey to br..

A reprint of Dezallier's majestic 18th century conchological engravings Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (1680–1765) was a French courtier, intellectual and amateur natural historian. Fascinated by seashells, he authored one of his era's most lavish books, dedicate to the rarest and most beauti..

“Cet ouvrage, enrichi d'un texte d'Andr? Breton, et d'?clairages ?rudits des deux auteurs, r?v?le des images m?connues.” - 60 millions de consommateurs, Paris A comprehensive overview of the life and work of the groundbreaking artist Man Ray (1890-1976) who broke down the boundaries between photogra..

Special bestseller priceFew photographers have created such a legacy as Edward Weston (1886-1958). After a decade of successfully making photographs with painterly soft-focus techniques, Weston became the key pioneer of the school of precise and sharp presentation, dubbed "Straight Photography"...

The masters of abstractionWith roots in early Cubism and Futurism and reaching maturity in Op art and Minimalism, Abstract Art encompasses all forms of non-figurative expression. This book explores the diverse ways artists from the early 20th century, beginning with Kandinsky, through the 1960s ..

Beyond KurosawaExploring the work of the greatest Japanese filmmakersUntil recently, the western world has viewed Japanese cinema through a very narrow prism. For years, Westerners interested in Japanese film had to content themselves with the collected works of Akira Kurosawa, a spotty samp..

Colourful dreams and tales - Chagall's world full of everyday miracles The Belarusian painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is widely regarded as epitomizing the "painter as poet". The worldwide admiration he commanded remains unparalleled by any artist of the century. Chagall's paintings, steeped in myt..