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Movies of the 50s by Taschen
Category: Performing Arts
At a time when people were terrified of UFOs and Communism, the film industry was busy producing movies that ranged from film noir to grandiose musicals. The paranoid public in the 1950s apparently craved family entertainment and dark, brooding pictures in equal doses.The result is a decade's worth of t ...Show more
Mucha by Taschen
Category: Architecture
All about the Belle Époque: Delicate illustration that defined an era With his instantly recognizable decorative style, Czech artist and Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) defined the look of the fin-de-siècle. In evocative shades of peach, gold, ochre and olive, his seductive compositions ...Show more
Muhammad Ali: Greatest of All Time by Benedikt Taschen
Category: Accessories
Universally acclaimed as the greatest sportsman of the modern era, someone who transformed not just his sport but the cultural status of athletes everywhere, Muhammad Ali still towers over the 'sweet science' of boxing, almost two decades after announcing his retirement. Acknowledged as one of the most ...Show more
New Paris Interiors by taschen
Category: Art
The city of light is a place of persistent beauty, from the Tuileries gardens to the banks of the Seine to the heights of Montmartre. But the restrained palette of beige and stone painted by the city's noble architecture may leave one wondering if Parisians are color-impaired. Fear not - for in the seco ...Show more
Provence Style by ed. by Angelika Taschen
Category: Home Interiors | Series: Icons Series
A collection of Provence images, painting a portrait of Provencal living.
Schiele by Taschen
Category: Accessories
Naked truth: Radical and all-revealing figures With his graphic style, figural distortion, and defiance of conventional standards of beauty, Egon Schiele(1890 1918) was apioneer of Austrian Expressionismand one of the moststartling portrait paintersof the twentieth century.Mentored by Gustav Klimt, Schi ...Show more
Sculpture - From Antiquity to the Present Day by Taschen
Category: Art
Figures of inspiration. This is a history of an art form in all its possible manifestations. Ranging from ancient to contemporary sculpture, this book is the first study of the history of sculpture to present such an original and comprehensive approach. Taking the sculptures out of the museum context (a ...Show more
Small Houses by Philip Jodidio; TASCHEN (Editor)
Category: Architecture
A Small House is a tribute to the endless artistic inventiveness of architects and ingenuity of perception of the familiar and known concepts. It is also a conscious pivot towards sustainability and reduction of impact on the environment as well as a daring attitude of change in lifestyle. As humanity f ...Show more
Steve McQueen by TASCHEN
Category: Performing Arts
"It is a testament to Claxton's eye and skill that it does more than simply show a movie star at work and play. Claxton brings a lost era alive through his subject." -Value Rich Magazine, Palm Springs"One time when I was with him, he drove a brand new Ford convertible, with only thirty miles on the spee ...Show more
TASCHEN's New York. by Angelika Taschen (Editor)
Category: Travel
Take a bite: The best of sleeping, eating and shopping in NYC In a city that soars as high in the imagination as it does in its skyscrapers of steel and glass, a visitor can easily feel too dazzled to know where to begin. This updated edition of TASCHEN's New York guide does the reconnaissance for you, ...Show more
Taschen 365, Day-by-day, Movies by TASCHEN
Category: Performing Arts | Series: Taschen Perpetual Calendar
Your daily dose of cinema: A movie a day keeps the doctor away Make every day a showpiece, with TASCHEN's 365 Day-by-Day Movie Icons, the reusable calendar featuring a seminal movie image and related quote for each new date. Rediscover tantalizing scenes and terrific starlets; perfect villains and stunn ...Show more
Taschen 365 Day-by-day. 'The Flower Garden' by Annick Volk (Editor); Petra Lamers-Schuetze (Editor); Klaus Honnef; A. Taschen
Category: Gardening | Series: Taschen Perpetual Calendar
Botanical bliss Give yourself flowers every day of the year Brighten up your desktop with seasonal blooms Each day you'll encounter a fresh image from Basilius Besler's hand-painted 17th-century engravings of the Garden at Eichstatt in Bavaria, one of the most beautiful gardens in Europe. This is gree ...Show more