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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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Master of playful installations, artist Carsten Hller wants audiences to join in. With this set of 336 games, readers can play alone or in groups, with no props required. Hller explains the rules, while photos and artworks by the likes of August Sander, Rineke Dijkstra, and Salvador Dal show how to step out of your comfort zone.

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Tour the world and discover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings! This volume features new talents as well as established stars and showcases the use of brick across diverse buildings, from Tate Modern Switch House in London by Herzog & de Meuron to Daniel Libeskind's Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names in Amsterdam.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Between the Franco-Prussian War and World War I, France in the 1900s experienced a gilded moment of peace and prosperity. This edition curates a collection of vintage photographs, postcards, posters, and photochromes. From the Paris World's Fair to the honey light of the Cte d'Azur, it's a glimpse into an era of rose-tinted optimism.

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This overview of Frank Lloyd Wright's paradigm-shifting projects scours the length and breadth of his career to bring you all the gems of his genius in one compact edition. Based on TASCHEN's previous monograph and unlimited access to the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

From existential paintings and motifs painted upside-down to rough-hewn wooden sculptures and remixes of earlier paintings-the art of Georg Baselitz is consistently challenging. With 400+ pictures from 1960 to the present, this monograph presents the full range of his work in stunning depth and detail.

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A color facsimile of the complete pages of George Herriman's Krazy Kat 1935-44. One of the first comics to be considered a work of art, Krazy Kat delights with its characterization and visual-verbal creativity alongside the slapstick shenanigans between Krazy and Ignatz the mouse. This book comes with an illustrated introduction by Alexander Braun.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

From its North Sea islands to the Alps, Germany contains a wide range of landscapes and cultures. Angelika Taschen has selected the country's most inspiring places to stay, including grand hotels, family guesthouses, palaces, an abbey, and glamping tents. Each characterful choice is beautifully photographed and accompanied by insightful texts.

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Enter a world of dark, brooding landscapes, of high-voltage sexual energy, and of glamorous, powerful women. With an unfailing eye for impact, Helmut Newton revolutionized the art of photography. The Berlin-born master becomes the first photographer to grace our Basic Art series in this collection exploring all facets of his career, across...

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Berlin had an indelible influence on Helmut Newton and his photographic work. Many of his iconic images show the fascination he held for the city throughout his remarkable career from the 1930s to the 21st century: nightcrawlers in uber-cool clubs, nude portraits in the old Berlin guesthouses of his youth, and the Berlin film scene.

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A fascinating insight into 16th-century seafaring and exploration, discover Devaulx's sumptuous 1583 manuscript and encyclopedic reference for sailors. This edition reproduces the complete 31 folios in all their brilliant art and science, gathering color illuminations, observations, charts, and oceanic maps-a magnificent maritime showpiece.

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All the grief, grit, and unassailable dignity of the civil rights movement are evoked in this centennial edition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time, with photographs by Steve Schapiro. Together, Baldwin's frank account of the black experience and Schapiro's vital images offer testimony to one of the most important struggles of American society.

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Japan opened its doors to the outside world in 1868, ending more than 200 years of seclusion and bringing the country into the modern age. Sebastian Dobson and Sabine Arqu have compiled old, hand-colored photographs and colorful photochromes to reveal Japan in the 1900s, from Beppu's hot springs to the new capital of Tokyo.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Karl Blossfeldt's monochrome photographs present semiabstracted studies of diverse flora, bridging the 19th- and 20th-century worlds of image-making and bringing a distinctly sculptural aspect to a two-dimensional medium. This volume collects all known published images, capturing the innate visual poetry and formal elegance of plants.

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Kate + Mario = fashion dynamite. The photographer's personal homage to his greatest muse: a young girl that captured his heart and eye with her beauty, humour and spirit, and whose image in his photographs has captured imaginations the world over. The show-stopping collection includes fashion shoots, candid snaps, and insights from both icons.

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One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. This book is a compact catalogue raisonn of all of the artist's masterful paintings, both surviving and lost, including the showstopping Mona Lisa and Last Supper.

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London is immersed in history yet tirelessly innovative, a city of exciting contrast. This book collates photographs retrieved from all manner of archives to present a visual map of the city-both past and present. Images of the diverse inhabitants, streets, and sites are woven throughout the book with key cultural references and informative essays.

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From breathtaking sunset panoramas to candid shots of exquisite cariocas, including the supermodel Gisele Bndchen, to the throbbing chaos of carnival, Mario Testino captures a love poem to Rio Janeiro, the Brazilian metropolis that first captured his imagination at the tender age of 14, and never failed to inspire him since.

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Thor, Ant Man, the Wasp, the Hulk, and Iron Man broke new ground when they joined forces to form the Avengers in 1963. They not only fought together, they occasionally fought each other! The first 20 Avengers stories are collected in this volume-a fine art celebration worthy of Tony Stark's library.

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Witness the creation of the world's favorite web-slinger as dreamed up by comic book legends Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, who redefined what it meant to be a hero. The first 21 Spider-Man stories are collected in an intimate view of the teen hero's origin story and early exploits alongside original essays and rare artwork and ephemera.

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The first major career retrospective of this remarkable midcentury street photographer, largely undiscovered beyond a prestigious collector and gallery circle. Some 170 photographs reveal Newman's flawless technique and humanist sensibility through vivid New York cityscapes, riveting sports shots, and other inventive images from across the U.S.

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Celebrate the energy, beauty, and grit of New York with this evocative city portrait, featuring pictures from the mid-19th century to the present day alongside an appendix showcasing books, movies, and records inspired by the city that never sleeps. Featured photographers include Weegee, Ezra Stoller, and Steve Schapiro.

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An indispensable historical document of Africa's wildlife crisis, this landmark work reveals a continent depleted by human notions of "progress." Featuring two decades' worth of Beard's compelling images of elephant, rhino, and hippo populations, this updated edition includes an interview with anti-ivory trade campaigner Dr. Esmond Bradley Martin.

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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.