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When is a urinal no longer a urinal When Marcel Duchamp declared it to be art. From his infamous Fountain to reworked Mona Lisa with mustache and beard, this essential introduction to Duchamp surveys his audacious practice of "readymades" and beyond and its critical place in 20th-century art.

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Think you know Ancient Egypt Think again. Like a piece of published excavation, this fresh volume explores the many layers of this mythologized civilization, digging down from the sacred and grandiose to the daily experiences and ordinary individuals of the age.

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Take an intimate promenade through Paris with some 500 images from Eugne Atget, the flneur photographer who excelled in city "documents." Down main streets and side streets, through courtyards, arcades, and the city's 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making of a photographic master, hailed by Man Ray, Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, and beyond.

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This book shows 250 film posters from the Soviet Union of the 1920s and early 1930s, revealing a surprising world of innovative aesthetics. With bold colors, dramatic angles, and eye-catching typography, these designs reveal the experimental avant-garde of the early USSR, before Soviet Realism became official art doctrine.

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(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Natural science buffs, graphics professionals, and anyone interested in the visual expression of data will be fascinated by this tribute to Fritz Kahn, the German infographics pioneer. He demystified complex scientific ideas and his creative concepts have influenced generations of artists and designers through to today.

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Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience, and street portraiture meets fantastical cartoon in this epic volume of groove. Complete with cultural context, design analysis, and interviews with key industry figures, the collection gathers more than 500 legendary record covers that visualized a golden era of Black music.

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Anyone who visits Barcelona will come across the works of Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926), the architect who has attracted art-lovers from all over the world to Spain. Gaudi created inspiring, visionary buildings and helped establish Barcelona (most notably with the still-unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral) as a city of the world.

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Gay Talese's crystalline portrait of Frank Sinatra combined faithful fact with vivid storytelling in a triumph of New Journalism. It is now published alongside notes and correspondence from the author's archives and photographs from Phil Stern-the only photographer granted access to Sinatra over an extraordinary four decade period.

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Gay Talese's crystalline portrait of Frank Sinatra combined faithful fact with vivid storytelling in a triumph of New Journalism. It is now published alongside notes and correspondence from the author's archives and photographs from Phil Stern-the only photographer granted access to Sinatra over an extraordinary four decade period.

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With more than 300 photographs from the likes of Steven Meisel, David LaChapelle, Peter Lindbergh, and Corinne Day, this book is a visual testimony to one of the world's highest-earning models. Breathtaking images from Gisele's breakthrough in the late '90s through to her most recent campaigns are accompanied by personal tributes from friends, family, and collaborators.

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From the Amazon rainforest to Patagonia glaciers, from Caribbean beaches to the summits of the Andes, from colonial cities to deserts: Latin America is a multifaceted destination. Angelika Taschen presents hand-picked addresses for aficionados: lodges and country estates, design hotels and green hotels, treehouses and mansions, camping and glamping.

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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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Here is an intimate look at one of music's greatest legends, as he turns 80, by an iconic photojournalist. From the delirium of early Beatlemania to the heady days of 1970s-era Wings to his quiet rural life in the early 1990s, Paul follows the pop genius through the years with more than 100 rare photographs.

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From 1991 to 2021, Herlinde Koelbl regularly photographed Angela Merkel, her stunning evolution shown in this book with essays by Christopher Clark, Kristina Spohr, George Packer, and Christoph Stlzl, and interviews with Angela Merkel.

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Bosch - whose real name was Jheronimus van Aken - was widely copied and imitated. Today only 20 paintings and eight drawings are confidently assigned to Bosch's oeuvre. This book published in view of the upcoming 500th anniversary of Bosch's death examines just what it was about Bosch and his painting that proved so immensely influential.

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Discover the unique genre of illustrated newspapers and their modernist artistic design. This rich collection explores 100 years of graphic news items from 1819 to 1921 and their trailblazing influence on the emerging avant-garde art movements. Featured artists include Jean Cocteau and Juan Gris, together with masters of graphic work Thomas Nast and Gustave Dor.

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This second volume of Homes for Our Time documents a revolution. With photos, plans, and descriptions, it explores new approaches in building and presents resourceful and green private homes. Rejecting "stardom" but celebrating diversity, talents such as Suzuko Yamada, Gurjit Matharoo, and the collective Frankie Pappas truly build our future.

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Initiated and conceived by Midori Kitamura, this definitive history of Issey Miyake offers unique insight into the designers unrivalled vision and daring. With stunning photographs by Yuriko Takagi and an essay from leading cultural figure Kazuko Koike, the book is an encyclopedic reference to Miyakes material and technical innovation from the earliest days of his career.

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Citrons, lemons, and bitter oranges float like heavenly bodies above Italian villas, Nuremberg gardens, and picturesque countryside in J. C. Volkamer's ode to the citrus fruit. Reproducing a hand-colored set of copper plates, this publication shows 170 varieties of citrus fruits, reviving a time when citrus fruits were exotic.

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This striking collection of jazz record covers shows the designs that defined a sound. Containing covers from the 1940s to the early 1990s, each reproduction is accompanied with essential background information. Spanning photographic and illustrative works, these album artworks match music and design in a remarkable history of jazz.