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This unrivaled curation of the ultimate collector motorcycles presents rare pioneer bikes, venerated British classics, German speed machines, lightning-fast Japanese racers, groundbreaking Italian superbikes, and highly radical road rockets. A dazzling celebration of motorcycle design and engineering at its best.

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With graceful lines and floral details, Alphonse Mucha gave the Belle poque its visual character. His work permeated illustration and advertising of the day, most famously in striking posters of star actress Sarah Bernhardt. Compiled in association with the Mucha Foundation, this book introduces the full reach of his work, from patterned decoration to his political ideas.

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Take in the dark, compelling visions of Edvard Munch, artist of lurid colors, strange distortions, and a haunting Mona Lisa for modernity: The Scream. This essential introduction surveys Munch's staggering capacity for psychodrama and the echo of his artistic wail through the work of Andy Warhol, Martin Kippenberger, Tracey Emin, Marlene Dumas, and beyond.

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Inspired from our monumental Around the World in 125 Years, this volume is the ultimate voyage through the magazines archives of its Eastern travels. Rugged terrains, mystical mosques and temples, sprawling cities, wonderful wildlife, unbelievable landscapes, evocative portraits, and social documentary all feature in this epic photographic...

(Hardback)

Explore a unique blend of structure and surroundings in this essential architectural introduction to Richard Neutra, pioneer of a particularly holistic brand of modernism which incorporated the ragged lines of a landscape as much as the sleek surfaces and pared down geometries of 20th-century cool.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Indoor-outdoor flow meets clean, crisp modernism in the structures of Austrian-American Richard Neutra, master of postwar architecture whose cool, sleek style synthesized technology with nature. This monograph compiles his complete works-nearly 300 private homes, schools, and public buildings-illustrated by over 1,000 photographs, including those of Julius Shulman.

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This dazzling tribute to Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's 1974 boxing match in Kinshasa, Zaire, brings together the best of Norman Mailer's classic commentary The Fight with color and black-and-white photographs from the two men who captured Ali like no one else: Neil Leifer and Howard L. Bingham. First published as a signed...

(Hardback, Abridged edition)

(Hardback)

From majestic desertscapes to magnified lilies and irises, survey the unique and luminous oeuvre of Georgia O'Keeffe, a seminal figure in modern American art and radical pioneer of abstraction. This book follows the artist through her pioneering innovations, major breakthroughs, and inspirational travels through Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and New Mexico.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Discover one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century: Oliver Byrne's edition of Euclid's Elements. This work of art and science combines vivid primary colors and mathematical precision in a display of geometric form. Elements anticipates Bauhaus design and even modern info graphics used by news organizations.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Pioneering contemporary artist Peter Beard turned his life in New York and on the African continent into a Gesamtkunstwerk; a collage of photography, ecology, and diary writing. The original limited edition may have instantly sold out, but the book is now back to present the artist's unique world, a realm of art, science, and beauty.

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Peter Lindbergh and Azzedine Alaa, the photographer and the couturier, were united by their love of black, a love that they would cultivate alike in silver print and solid color garments. Accompanying the exhibition Azzedine Alaa, Peter Lindbergh at the Fondation Azzedine Alaa in Paris, this book celebrates their artistic partnership.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Peter Lindbergh's seminal compendium, now published in a special anniversary edition. Through collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion, Lindbergh created new narratives with his humanist approach. This book features more than 300 images, many previously unpublished, and an adapted interview with Lindbergh.

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This volume documents the first exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself shortly before his death. More than 100 photographs offer new and unexpected insights into the work of the legendary photographer. The selection is complemented by an interview on the exhibition's origins and a tribute by Wim Wenders, a close friend of Lindbergh's.

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From Nicphore Nipce's 1827 eight-hour-exposure rooftop pictures to the horror of Nick Ut's "napalm girl," the 50 photographs in this collection have defined eras, made history, or touched something so fundamentally human that they have become resonant icons around the world. Each image goes under the microscope, revealing the history of the medium and its social, historical, and artistic impact.

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Discover the most influential photographers of the last century and their finest monographs. Arranged alphabetically, this biographical encyclopedia covers the earliest representatives of classical Modernism right up to the present day, complete with book and magazines fascimiles.

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(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Updated with many recently completed projects, this monograph is packed with photographs, sketches, and plans spanning Renzo Piano's entire career to date. It includes works such as the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA, the San Giorgio Bridge in Genoa, and other new projects such as the Chteau La Coste Art Gallery and the Paris Courthouse.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Explore the complete etchings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the 18th-century engraver famed for his architectural views of Rome and his imaginary prisons. In this edition, you'll find all the extraordinary detail and fantasy with which Piranesi shaped not only the European image of Italy, but also an impressive artistic legacy, from Edgar Allan Poe to the moving staircases at Hogwarts.

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This literary anthology recalls the exploits of Long John Silver, Henry Morgan, and those inspired by piracy's Golden Age. Retelling classics of adventure literature, from Robinson Crusoe to The Mysterious Island, with captivating illustrations from artists such as Howard Pyle and N. C. Wyeth, this visual delight is also a pleasure to read.

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The fourth volume in The Library of Esoterica explores the historic roots of plants in myth and magickal practices. Through essays, interviews, and more than 400 images-from ancient Egyptian stonework to Victorian botanical art, to contemporary works celebrating nature - Plant Magick chronicles the symbiotic relationship between plants and people.

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The rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape, with his urgent, splattered drip paintings his most explosive legacy. This essential introduction traces Pollock's work and his fame to understand his masterpieces in the greater modernist story and explore his making as a cultural icon.