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Once synonymous with eyesore highway bridges and crumbling, unloved walls, concrete has been reborn as adventurous and sexy. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition considers the elaborate feats and prodigious engineering of contemporary concrete architecture, from stars such as Tadao Ando and Herzog & de Meuron, to fresh new studios like the Russian SPEECH.

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Enter 100 of the most beautiful and pioneering houses of the past 20 years. Featuring architects such as Daniel Libeskind, Herzog & de Meuron, and Zaha Hadid, this is a global digest of the nuances, challenges, and opportunities of turning all the emotional and practical requirements of "home" into reality.

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Ever since Osaka World Expo '70 brought contemporary forms center stage, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. Presenting the Japanese art of building, this book reveals how the likes of Tadao Ando, SANAA, Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, and Junya Ishigami are relinking past, present, and future-building greener and smarter than ever before.

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Through apples, pears, and experimental new perspectives, explore the defining oeuvre of Paul Czanne, the artist identified by both Matisse and Picasso as "father of us all." From still life compositions to scenes of his beloved Montagne Sainte-Victoire, this book traces the artist's bold new approaches to form light, space, and form.

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Sir William Hamilton, vulcanologist and envoy to the British Embassy in Naples, amassed an invaluable collection of ancient Greek vases, which he sold to the British Museum in 1772. He commissioned Pierre-Franois Hugues d'Hancarville to document the pieces before they were shipped to London: the result was a neoclassical masterpiece, reproduced here by TASCHEN in pristine detail.

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Dive into Dada, the defiant 20th-century movement that declared an all-out attack on societys politics, values, and cultural conformity. With a selection of key works from such leading Dada proponents as Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp, Hannah Hch, Kurt Schwitters, Francis Picabia, and Man Ray, this book introduces this urgent, subversive...

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Painter, sculptor, writer, and film maker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. This lively biography presents the infamous Surrealist Dali in full colour and in his own words. His provocative ideas are all here, from the soft watches to the notorious burning giraffe.

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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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Dal poses as the Magician, his wife Gala becomes the Empress, and the death of Julius Caesar is reinterpreted as the Ten of Swords in the artist's extraordinary custom tarot deck. First published in a 1984 limited edition that has since long sold out, this lush box set brings back all 78 cards, each dazzling in color, along with a companion book on the making-of and practical instructions.

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The most complete study of Salvador Dal's painted works yet. After years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Nret located previously inaccessible works that epitomize Dal's depictions of the subconscious and its strange workings. Complete with updated captions, this opulent edition contextualizes Dal's paintings with his own writings, drawings, and archival material.

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An essential overview of Salvador Dal's mind-melting ideas and seismic art historical impact, this compact publication reviews the master of Surrealism's complete paintings, supplemented with sketches and ephemera. Presented by Robert Descharnes and Gilles Nret, many of these works have rarely been seen before but epitomize Dal's depictions of the subconscious mind's strange workings.

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Haunting, hallucinatory, and with a mesmerizing lead role performance from David Bowie, Nic Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth is a cult piece of science fiction. This book gathers a bumper collection of stills and behind-the-scenes images by unit photographer David James, including stunning shots of Bowie as humanoid alien Thomas Jerome Newton.

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A year-by-year journey through the life and work of David Hockney that follows the artist from London in the Swinging Sixties, via Californian swimming pools, to the landscapes of his native Yorkshire. Artworks and biographical text together let the reader take part in Hockney's artistic research, inspiration, and creation.

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This wallet-friendly edition is the successor to the 2020 limited edition artist's book by David Hockney. In 120 iPhone and iPad drawings, the artist records his perceptions of the world from the window of his Yorkshire home. Each image depicts a fleeting moment-together they paint the passage of time through Hockney's eyes.

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The latest and final publications from artist David LaChapelle: a two-volume project to complete his career-spanning anthology. Here, Good News picks up from Lost + Found, in a monumental curation of images. It marks a dramatic conclusion to LaChapelle's five-book narrative, one that has captivated a generation of viewers across the globe.

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TASCHEN presents David LaChapelle's epic two-volume project that completes his five-book, career-spanning anthology. In Lost + Found, LaChapelle unveils a visual record of the times we live in. Together with Good News, it represents a sublime concluding chapter to LaChapelle's captivating narrative.

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Live art in the fast lane with this essential introduction to Tamara de Lempicka, the Russian emigr who moved to Paris, took up painting, and left one of the most vivid visual documents of the Roaring Twenties. From her iconic Self-Portrait in the Green Bugatti to portraits of high-society patrons, this book traces the artists unique visual...

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From the snap and crackle of Pop to the florid excesses of the hippie era, explore the most memorable designs from the transformative 1960s. Drawn from the much-coveted Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook, this colorful survey of interiors, lighting, textiles, and more records explosive creativity in a decade of unprecedented social, sexual, and political change.

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With dramatic expressions of futurism alongside rustic eco-trends, this book collects the best of 1970s design in one expertly curated and annotated volume, drawn from the now-classic collectible, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook. Across metalware, textiles, ceramics, and more, explore a decade of fast-moving ideas and vehemently opposing schools and movements.

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Since the 1980s, Dutch artist Anton Corbijn has cemented Depeche Mode's cutting-edge reputation as the world's biggest cult band. This wallet-friendly successor to our 2020 limited edition, created in collaboration with the band, has over 500 photographs from Corbijn's archives, plus his handwritten observations.

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Since the 1980s, Dutch artist Anton Corbijn has cemented Depeche Mode's reputation as the world's biggest cult band. This edition, created in collaboration with the band and including images from their current tour, features Corbijn's personal selection of more than 150 photographs from the last five decades, a best-of from his archives.