Bright, bold pictograms distill male and female experience Imagine a setting in which a man wearing a dress might be as habitual as a woman in trousers. ...

The golden age of black music Following the success of Jazz Covers, this epic volume of groove assembles over 500 legendary covers from a golden era in ...

Temporary Projects, Eternal Impressions The XXL exploration, now in a condensed handbook The works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are monuments of transience. ...

Sebastião Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon and photographed the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region for six years: the forest ...

An unprecedented collection of artists’ record covers from the 1950s to today Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had ...

Opposing styles in 1960s design Published annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture ...

The Greek myths are timeless classics, whose scenes and figures have captivated us since ancient times. The gods and heroes of these legends hold up a ...

Capitol Records – from 1942 to today From the Beatles to Beck, Sinatra to Sam Smith, a parade of era-defining artists have passed through the doors ...

A Legacy in Stone Castles and fortresses of medieval Europe Follow photographer Frédéric Chaubin as he embarks on a unique, century-spanning ...

Well before Andy Warhol’s rise to the pinnacle of Pop Art, he created and exhibited seductive drawings celebrating male beauty. Andy Warhol Love ...

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 ...

Mysterious and mathematical at once, the magical visual world of Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898–1972) has captivated scientists and scholars and ...

Tom’s take on policemen and criminals Tom’s taste for police officers and felons—and for sexual tension between the two—developed ...

Discover the story of Disneyland, Walt Disney’s visionary theme park in Anaheim, California. This bountiful visual history includes stunning color ...

Decades’ worth of images have been distilled down to 512 pages of photographs in this ultimate retrospective collection of Nobuyoshi Araki's work ...

“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 ...

Painter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and all-round showman Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) was one of the 20th century’s greatest exhibitionists ...

Ever since Henry David Thoreau’s described his two years, two months, and two days of refuge existence at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, in Walden, ...

One part history book, one part art book, and one part fascinating memoir, this book is an overview of more than two centuries of tattoo history intermixed ...

Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society ...

The man with a modern mission Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887–1965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect ...