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Explore five movements that revolutionized art: Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art. From Monet's shimmering water lilies and the wild dreams of Dal to Lichtenstein's high-impact comic-book aesthetics, this collection unpacks the rebellious ideas and works that reframed how the world views art itself.

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Through scorching heat to unforgiving chills, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group presents a dazzling round-up of adaptive architecture in extreme environments around the world. Sixty case studies show how structures can become holistic ecosystems of both economic and environmental profit.

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The most comprehensive overview of Christo and Jeanne-Claude to date, now available in a compact edition. Hundreds of photographs and original works trace their unparalleled oeuvre and offer a glimpse at works in progress like The Mastaba, Project for the United Arab Emirates and L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Project for Paris.

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Embark on an extraordinary journey through the life of Muhammad Ali. An immersive tribute featuring rare historical documents and thousands of photographs taken by renowned photographers like Howard Bingham and Neil Leifer, the book explores the historic battles both inside and outside the ring that defined Ali's career and legacy.

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25 postcards from Sebastio Salgado's Genesis, the photography book bestseller and record-breaking touring exhibition. The boxed set features 25 individual images showcasing the breadth and beauty of Salgado's project, from a Nomadic Nenet girl in Siberia to sunlit Buffalo herds in Botswana's Okavango Delta.

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Making stops in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, this edition rounds up some of today's most exceptional and inspiring interiors across six continents. From rustic minimalism to urbane eclecticism, the selection celebrates a global spectrum of styles, united by authenticity, a love of detail, and a zest for individual expression that will never go out of fashion.

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In 1940s and '50s America girlie magazines couldn't show much, so publisher Robert Harrison lured his readers in with vibrant covers by top pin-up artists Earl Moran, Billy DeVorss, and Peter Driben. This edition celebrates this eye-catching candy with every cover of Beauty Parade, Wink, Titter, Eyeful, Flirt, and Whisper, from 1942 to 1955.

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Cologne's Museum Ludwig boasts one of the world's most famous collections of photography. The first contemporary art museum to devote a substantial section to international photography, we traverse its rich collection of the most remarkable shots of the last century. Discover more than 850 highlighted works in this tidy volume, covering one hundred years of innovation, evolution, and inspiration.

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George Eastman - the founder of Kodak - died in 1932, and left his house to the University of Rochester. Since 1949 the site has operated as an international museum of photography and film. This title shows in chronological order the most impressive images and the most important developments in the art of light that is photography.

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American pioneer Alfred Stieglitz defined early 20th-century photography, creating the school of "Photo Secessionism" and founding cult art, literature, and avant-garde photo journal Camera Work. This beautiful book reproduces the entire 50-issue run, originally published between 1903 and 1917-a benchmark of photography as art form.

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Ambitious and engaged, Arts & Architecture magazine celebrated change and innovation across politics, society and especially culture. This selection brings together the magazine's highlights from 1950 to 1954, with a special focus on mid-century American architecture and its pioneers including Richard Neutra, Eero Saarinen, and Charles & Ray Eames.

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The spirit of Berlin: a photographic journey into the citys...

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The most comprehensive photographic study of an extraordinary metropolis offers some 560 pages of aerial views, street scenes, portraits, and more to trace its history as political and cultural capital. Quotes from famed Berlin icons and connoisseurs, from Marlene Dietrich to John F. Kennedy and David Bowie, accompany the images.

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Formgiving. An Architectural Future History, by Bjarke Ingels Group, is the third installment in its TASCHEN trilogy. Ingels looks into the distant future of architecture, addressing the main design trends and the development of AI, sustainability and interplanetary migration, giving form to the world of tomorrow.

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Focuses on the essence of life, human nature, and how to live a good simple life - all distilled through the lens of the Three Creeds: Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. This handbook is about rejecting desire and greed, and revealing clear Truth, stripping away the extraneous layers of self-deception and phenomenal attachment.

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A concise introduction to the compelling pictorial world of one of art history's most mysterious masters, Hieronymus Bosch. From celestial scenes to nightmarish creatures and the grotesque tortures of hell, explore his unforgettable tableaux of temptation, spirituality, and sin.

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Ever heard of surrealist fine dining This must-have reprint of Les diners de Gala reveals the exotic flavors and elaborate imaginings behind the legendary dinner parties of Salvador and Gala Dal. With bespoke illustrations from Dal himself, this book is at once an artwork, a practical cookbook, and a delicious morsel of multisensory pleasure.

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"Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste ... If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into a form of punishment, close this book at once; it is too lively, too aggressive, and far too impertinent for you."-Salvador Dali

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Following up on the best-selling cookbook Les dners de Gala, in this delightfully eccentric guide the surrealist master shares his passion for the gift of the gods. The book explores the many myths of the grape, in texts and sensuous, subversive works by the artist, always true to his maxim: "A real connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets."

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Savor this collection of vintage sexy photographs, a century's worth of naughty pictures sourced from the collection of connoisseur Mark Rotenberg. From early monochromes of daringly dropped drawers to seductively waxed handlebar mustaches, this delicious surfeit of 19th- and early 20th-century erotic photographs spans the sensual to the comedic.

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From flea-market romance to space-age bachelor pad, whatever your style preference, you'll find provocative interior design inspiration in this compilation of the world's most original contemporary homes. With stunning images from acclaimed interior photographers, the best interiors from houses and apartments around the globe are here.

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The golden age of the world's most popular weekly photography magazine (1936-1972) coincided with Hollywood's most glamorous decades. Featuring hundreds of meticulously researched and curated images from the vast LIFE archive, capturing "more stars than there are in Heaven," location shoots, Oscar nights, homes, alluring parties, and more.

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From impossible staircases to tessellated birds, explore the graphic genius of M.C. Escher, master of quirky vantage points, mathematical puzzles, and the transition from paper flatness to illusory volume. This essential introduction presents key Escher works, exploring the evolution of a unique pictorial style that has captivated scientists and hippies alike.

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Explore the A-Z of modern space. From Gio Ponti's colored geometries to Zaha Hadid's free-flowing futurism, this comprehensive overview features more than 280 profiles of architects, styles, movements, and trends that have shaped structures from the 19th to the 21st century.