Playthings From the Past For the Present Up until the 20th century, children’s play was not a subject that demanded much attention. While objects ...

From Snow White to Cinderella, Rapunzel to Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm bequeathed a canon of stories which have become literary and childhood classics. ...

The Time Traveler Stephen Wilkes’s day-to-night portraits of iconic locations around the world If you were to stand in one spot at an iconic ...

Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dalí phenomenon, Les dîners de Gala, TASCHEN presents the artist’s ...

When marble and clay come alive While anchoring his practice in the traditions of antiquity and the Renaissance, Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) paved ...

A Century’s Worth of Pleasure and Pause Selling the most delicious vices Vices or virtues: drinking and smoking provided marketers with products ...

A personal portrait of Paul McCartney by Harry Benson Harry Benson began photographing Paul McCartney in 1964, when the Beatles took America by storm ...

The godfather of Italian design Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti (1891–1979) is difficult to pin down. With an extraordinarily prolific ...

The world’s most beloved pet photographer turns his lens on our canine companions The world appears to be divided into cat and dog lovers, but fortunately ...

Record covers are a sign of our life and times. Like the music on the discs, they address such issues as love, life, death, fashion, and rebellion. For ...