The deftness of da Vinci: The drawings of Art History's master genius One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator...Read more

Librarian note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here.Brushwork revolution: The neglected champions of ImpressionismIt was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its ...Read more

Graphic beauty: Breathtaking drawingsFew artists can claim such tenacious fame across continents and centuries as Michelangelo Buonarroti(1475 1564). His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draftsman...Read more

Дозвольте Флорі, принцесі Амбера, провести вас, гостей із Тіні Земля, одним із найдивовижніших замків у світі фентезі, що стоїть на схилі гори Колвір. Обійдіть навколо замку, прогуляйтеся садами та па...Read more

Modern matters: A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking modernism. Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now kno...Read more

60 Years in Space with NASAJourney through the U.S. space program’s fascinating pictorial historyOn October 1, 1958, the world’s first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency respons...Read more

The sense of a scene: Pieter Bruegel s mastery of composition and community The great Flemish painterPieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/31-1569) was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, who...Read more

Renaissance man in extremis Michelangelo, in pursuit of the beautiful and sublime Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 1564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fe...Read more

The life of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) was full of complexity and contradictions. As a young man he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement and was critical of the church; toward the end of his life ...Read more

Since the original Taschen edition of Manga Design, Japan’s comic phenomenon has produced yet more captivating characters and a whole host of hot new talents. This revised and updated edition delivers...Read more

The mysterious genius who transformed European artCaravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian pain...Read more

From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak died in 1932, and left his h...Read more

As cryptic as they are compelling, the masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516) remain some of the most enduring enigmas of the art world. Their intricate, allegorical, and often startling cont...Read more

Edición: Plurilingüe (Alemán, Francés, Inglés)Los 400 anuncios publicitarios de la colección Jim Heimann que conforman esta historia ilustrada de la moda no sólo analizan las tendencias y siluetas que...Read more

Drawn from TASCHEN’s Illustration Now! series, this go-to catalog brings together 100 of the most successful and important illustrators around the globe. With featured artists including Istvan Banyai,...Read more

Learn about key concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings in The Architecture Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy...Read more

Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) are among the most well known and celebrated in the world. In Sunflowers, The Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and many paintings and dra...Read more

Designing private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect. The scale may be more modest than public projects, the technical fittings less complex than an industria...Read more

From the beginning of human history, individuals across cultures and belief systems have looked to the sky for meaning. The movement of celestial bodies and their relation to our human lives has been ...Read more

The prints of darkness The art, theory, and woodcut print revolution of Albrecht Durer A polymath of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Durer (1471 1528) was a prolific artist, theorist, and writer whos...Read more

Most commonly associated with the birth of the Impressionist movement in mid-19th-century Paris, Edgar Degas (1834–1917) in fact defied easy categorization and instead developed a unique style, strong...Read more

Друга половина XIX століття. Часи зародження сучасної медицини. На заваді дослідженням стають гласні й негласні перепони, породжені забобонами, як-от законодавчі обмеження щодо роботи з людськими труп...Read more

Чому базові кольори були популярні на післявоєнних кухнях? Чому епоха ар-деко віддала перевагу чистим лініям і пастельним відтінкам? Ця вичерпна ілюстрована історія використання кольору та фарби в озд...Read more

This international survey of contemporary painting by a leading author features artwork from over 250 renowned artists whose ideas and aesthetics characterize the painting of our time. The twentieth c...Read more

The beauty of nature and man’s loneliness are dominant themes in the work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). The artist often places a small human figure in a broad landscape, as in his famous pai...Read more