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All titles spring 2006
SCULPTURE
FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT DAY
Georges Duby / Jean-Luc Daval / Softcover,
2 volumes in a slipcase, format: 19.6 x 26.8 cm
(7.7 x 10.6 in.), 1,152 pp.
Editions
English 3–8228–5080–2 / French 3–8228–5079–9
German 3–8228–5078–0
¢ 19.99 / $ 24.99 / £ 14.99 / ¥ 3.900
SYMBOLISM
Michael Gibson / Ed. Gilles Néret / Hardcover,
format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 256 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5134–5 / English 3–8228–5032–2
French 3–8228–5031–4 / German 3–8228–5029–2
Italian 3–8228–5215–5 / Portuguese 3–8228–5214–7
Spanish 3–8228–5030–6
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN A–Z
Charlotte & Peter Fiell / Softcover, flaps,
format: 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions
English 3–8228–5057–8 / French 3–8228–5056–X
German 3–8228–5054–3 / Italian 3–8228–5265–1
Spanish 3–8228–5055–1
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
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“At this price, and so pretty, you just
can’t resist. You want to have them all.”
—La Libre Belgique, Brussels
DALÍ
Robert Descharnes / Gilles Néret / Hardcover,
format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 224 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5128–0 / English 3–8228–5008–X
French 3–8228–5007–1 / German 3–8228–5005–5
Italian 3–8228–5204–X / Portuguese 3–8228–5205–8
Spanish 3–8228–5006–3
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ANATOMICA
Museo La Specola Florence / Marta Poggesi /
Monika von Düring / Softcover, flaps,
format: 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions
English/French/German 3–8228–5039–X
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5040–3
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
JAPANESE GRAPHICS NOW!
Eds. Gisela Kozak, Julius Wiedemann / Hardcover,
format: 17.1 x 21.7 cm (6.7 x 8.5 in.), 352 pp.
Editions
English/French/German 3–8228–5088–8
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5087–X
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
HOPPER
Ivo Kranzfelder / Hardcover, format: 24 x 30 cm
(9.4 x 11.8 in.), 200 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5129–9 / English 3–8228–5012–8
French 3–8228–5011–X / German 3–8228–5009–8
Italian 3–8228–5206–6 / Portuguese 3–8228–5207–4
Spanish 3–8228–5010–1
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
DECORATIVE ART 60s
Eds. Charlotte & Peter Fiell / Softcover, flaps,
format: 15.1 x 19.4 cm (5.9 x 7.6 in.), 576 pp.
Editions
English/French/German 3–8228–5041–1
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5042–X
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
PIRANESI – THE ETCHINGS
Luigi Ficacci / Hardcover, format: 17.1 x 21.7 cm
(6.7 x 8.5 in.), 352 pp.
Editions
English/French/German 3–8228–5094–2
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5093–4
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
MATISSE
Gilles Néret / Hardcover, format: 24 x 30 cm
(9.4 x 11.8 in.), 256 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5131–0 / English 3–8228–5020–9
French 3–8228–5019–5 / German 3–8228–5017–9
Italian 3–8228–5209–0 / Portuguese 3–8228–5210–4
Spanish 3–8228–5018–7
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
IMPRESSIONISM
Ed. Ingo F. Walther / Softcover, flaps,
format: 14.8 x 19.5 cm (5.8 x 7.7 in.), 704 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5136–1 / English 3–8228–5053–5
French 3–8228–5050–0 / German 3–8228–5051–9
Portuguese 3–8228–5217–1 / Spanish 3–8228–5052–7
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
ROBOTS – SPACESHIPS & OTHER TIN TOYS
Teruhisa Kitahara / Minoru Shimizu / Hardcover,
format: 15.5 x 21.7 cm (6.1 x 8.5 in.), 352 pp.
Editions
English/French/German 3–8228–5062–4
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
All titles fall 2006
AUGUSTE RACINET.
THE COMPLETE COSTUME HISTORY
Françoise Tétart-Vittu / Hardcover in a slipcase,
format: 25.2 x 38.2 cm (9.9 x 15 in.), 544 pp.
Editions
English/French/German 3–8228–5095–0
¢ 49.99 / $ 59.99 / £ 34.99 / ¥ 8.900
PICASSO
Carsten-Peter Warncke / Ed. Ingo F. Walther / Hardcover,
format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 240 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5133–7 / English 3–8228–5028–4
French 3–8228–5027–6 / German 3–8228–5025–X
Portuguese 3–8228–5213–9 / Spanish 3–8228–5026–8
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
DECORATIVE ART 70s
Eds. Charlotte & Peter Fiell / Softcover, flaps,
format: 15.1 x 19.4 cm (5.9 x 7.6 in.), 576 pp.
Editions
English/French/German 3–8228–5043–8
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5044–6
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
BAUHAUS
Magdalena Droste, Bauhaus Archiv / Hardcover,
format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 256 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5127–2 / English 3–8228–5002–0
French 3–8228–5001–2 / German 3–8228–4999–5
Italian 3–8228–5202–3 / Portuguese 3–8228–5203–1
Spanish 3–8228–5000–4
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
40 ARCHITECTS AROUND 40
Jessica Cargill Thompson / Softcover, flaps,
format: 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions
English/French/German 3–8228–5033–0
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5034–9
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
VAN GOGH – THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS
Ingo F. Walther / Rainer Metzger / Softcover, flaps,
format: 14.8 x 19.5 mm (5.8 x 7.7 in.), 736 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5137–X / English 3–8228–5068–3
French 3–8228–5067–5 / German 3–8228–5065–9
Italian 3–8228–5218–X / Portuguese 3–8228–5219–8
Japanese 4–88783–292–3 / Spanish 3–8228–5066–7
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
“Basic books on art and lifestyle
you can treat yourself to without regret.”
—La Libre Belgique, Brussels
KLIMT
Gottfried Fliedl / Hardcover, format: 24 x 30 cm
(9.4 x 11.8 in.), 240 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5130–2 / English 3–8228–5016–0
French 3–8228–5015–2 / German 3–8228–5013–6
Portuguese 3–8228–5208–2 / Spanish 3–8228–5014–4
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
ALCHEMY & MYSTICISM
Alexander Roob / Softcover, flaps, format:
14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5135–3 / English 3–8228–5038–1
French 3–8228–5037–3 / German 3–8228–5035–7
Portuguese 3–8228–5216–3 / Spanish 3–8228–5036–5
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
THE GOLDEN AGE OF ADVERTISING – THE 70s
Steven Heller / Ed. Jim Heimann / Hardcover,
format: 16.7 x 21.7 cm (6.6 x 8.5 in.), 352 pp.
Editions
English/French/German/Spanish 3–8228–5081–0
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
MONET
Karin Sagner-Düchting / Hardcover, format:
24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 220 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5132–9 / English 3–8228–5024–1
French 3–8228–5023–3 / German 3–8228–5021–7
Portuguese 3–8228–5212–0 / Spanish 3–8228–5022–5
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
ARCHITECTURAL THEORY
Bernd Evers / Ed. Christof Thoenes / Softcover, flaps,
format: 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions
English 3–8228–5085–3 / French 3–8228–5084–5
German 3–8228–5082–9 / Italian 3–8228–5220–1
Portuguese 3–8228–5221–X / Spanish 3–8228–5083–7
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
BEST MOVIES OF THE 70s
Jürgen Müller / Hardcover, format: 17.1 x 21.7 cm
(6.7 x 8.5 in.), 352 pp.
Editions
Dutch 3–8228–5138–8 / English 3–8228–5092–6
French 3–8228–5091–8 / German 3–8228–5089–6
Italian 3–8228–5222–8 / Spanish 3–8228–5090–X
¢ 9.99 / $ 12.99 / £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
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AUGUSTE RACINET. THE COMPLETE COSTUME HISTORY
From togas to tailcoats
The evolution of style from antiquity to 1888
Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888,
Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was the most wide-
ranging and intelligent study of clothing ever published.
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from
antiquity through the end of the 19th century, the great
work—“consolidated” in 1888 into 6 volumes containing
nearly 500 plates—remains, to this day, completely unique
in its scope and detail. Racinet’s organization by culture and
subject has been preserved in TASCHEN’s magnificent and
complete reprint, as have excerpts from his delightful
descriptions and often witty comments. Perusing these beau-
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“The essential volume
for anyone interested in
dress.” —The Sunday Times, London
CONTENTS:
Part I – The Ancient World (Egypt, Assyria, Israel,
Persia and Phrygia, Greece, Etruscan, Greco-Roman,
Rome, Barbarian Europe, Celts and Gauls)
Part II – The 19th Century – Beyond the Borders
of Europe (Oceania, Africa, Eskimos, North American
Indians, Mexican Indians, South American Indians,
China, Japan, India, Ceylon, Middle East, Orient, Turkey)
Part III – Europe 400–1800 (Byzantium, France-
Byzantine, Poland, Italy, Spain, Germany, France,
England, Holland)
Part IV – Traditional Costume till the late 19th Century
(Scandinavia, Holland, Scotland, England, Germany,
Switzerland, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Spain,
Portugal, France)
Part V – Patterns and Templates
AUGUSTE RACINET. THE COMPLETE COSTUME HISTORY
Françoise Tétart-Vittu / Hardcover in a slipcase,
format: 25.2 x 38.2 cm (9.9 x 15 in.), 544 pp.
Editions: English/French/German 3–8228–5095–0
ONLY 4 49.99 / $ 59.99
£ 34.99 / ¥ 8.900
tifully detailed and exquisitely colored illustrations, you’ll dis- Introduction by Françoise Tétart-Vittu, head of the graphic
cover everything from the garb of ancient Etruscans to tradi- arts department at the Musée de la Mode et du Costume de
tional Eskimo attire to 19th century French women’s couture. la Ville de Paris. She studied art history at the Sorbonne and
Though Racinet’s study spans the globe from ancient times she specializes in the costume history of the 18th and 19th
through his own, his focus is on European clothing from the centuries. The author of many books on costume history and
Middle Ages to the 1880s and this subject is treated with curator of exhibits, she lives and works in Paris.
exceeding passion and attention to detail. The Complete
Costume History is an absolutely invaluable reference for stu-
dents, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; it is also
an immensely fascinating and inspirational book for anyone
with an interest in clothing and style.
SCULPTURE. FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT DAY

A sweeping study
of the greatest sculptures
of all time
“Text and illustrations form a
remarkable whole, on a theme which
has never been subjected
to such a precise synthetic study.”
—Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris

SCULPTURE. FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT DAY

Georges Duby / Jean-Luc Daval / Softcover, 2 volumes in a slipcase,
19.6 x 26.8 cm (7.7 x 10.6 in.), 1,152 pp.
Editions: English 3–8228–5080–2 / French 3–8228–5079–9
German 3–8228–5078–0

ONLY 4 19.99 / $ 24.99

£ 14.99 / ¥ 3.900

Ranging from ancient to contemporary sculpture, this book
is the first study of the history of sculpture to present such
an original and comprehensive approach. Taking the sculp-
tures out of the museum context (and thus off of their
proverbial pedestals), Sculpture presents a completely new
view which affords enlightening comparisons between eras
and genres. This remarkable work is indispensable for art
lovers of all tastes and disciplines.
Contributing authors:
Xavier Barral i Altet, Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Philippe
Bruneau, Bernard Ceysson, Jean-Luc Daval, Georges Duby,
Maurizio Fagiolo dell’Arco, Sophie Guillot de Suduiraut,
Reinhold Hohl, Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, Friedrich
Meschede, Anne Pingeot, Barbara Rose, François Souchal,
and Mario Torelli.

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BAUHAUS
Best of Bauhaus
An in-depth study of the seminal movement in art and architecture
The Bauhaus Archiv Museum of Design in Berlin holds the
most important collection on the Bauhaus today. Documents,
workshop products from all areas of design, studies, sketch-
es in the classroom, and architectural plans and models are
all part of its comprehensive inventory. The Bauhaus Archiv
is dedicated to the study and presentation of the history of
the Bauhaus, including the new Bauhaus in Chicago and the
Hochschule für Gestaltung (Institute of Design) in Ulm. This
book, drawn from the Archiv’s extensive collection, traces
this monumental movement in art and architecture via the
work of its most important proponents, including Walter
Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Wassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee.
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“…finally a book that
brings a breath of fresh air
to the lifeless literature
on Bauhaus.” —Domus, Milan
The author: Magdalena Droste studied art history and
literature in Aachen and Marburg. She has worked at the
Bauhaus Archiv in Berlin since 1980. She has contributed to
numerous exhibitions and publications on Bauhaus artists
and has also written a number of essays on the furniture
and textile workshops at the Bauhaus and on arts and crafts
as a woman’s profession.
BAUHAUS
Magdalena Droste, Bauhaus Archiv / Hardcover,
format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 256 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5127–2 / English 3–8228–5002–0
French 3–8228–5001–2 / German 3–8228–4999–5
Italian 3–8228–5202–3 / Portuguese 3–8228–5203–1
Spanish 3–8228–5000–4
ONLY 4 9.99 / $ 12.99
£ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
DALÍ
The fantastic phenomenon
that was Salvador Dalí
Picasso called Dalí “an outboard motor that’s always run-
ning.” Dalí thought himself a genius with a right to indulge
in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter, sculptor,
writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) was one
of the century’s greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics—and
was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He
was one of the first to apply the insights of Sigmund Freud
and psychoanalysis to the art of painting, approaching the
subconscious with extraordinary sensitivity and imagination.
This lively monograph presents the infamous Surrealist in
full color and in his own words. His provocative imagery is
all here, from the soft watches to the notorious burning
giraffe. A friend of the artist for over thirty years, privy
to the reality behind Dalí’s public image, author Robert
Descharnes is uniquely qualified to analyze Dalí—both the
man and the myth.
The authors:
Robert Descharnes, a photographer and writer, has pub-
lished studies of major artists, among them Antoni Gaudí
and Auguste Rodin. Since 1950, he has been documenting
and cataloguing Dalí’s paintings and writings, and is now
considered the leading expert on the artist.
DALÍ
Robert Descharnes / Gilles Néret / Hardcover,
format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 224 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5128–0 / English 3–8228–5008–X
French 3–8228–5007–1 / German 3–8228–5005–5
Italian 3–8228–5204–X / Portuguese 3–8228–5205–8
Spanish 3–8228–5006–3
ONLY 4 9.99 / $ 12.99
£ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
Gilles Néret (1933–2005) was an art historian, journalist,
writer, and museum correspondent. He organized several art
retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU museum and
the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He edited art reviews such
as L’Œil and Connaissance des Arts and received the Elie
Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications. Néret is the editor
of TASCHEN’s catalogues raisonnés of the works of Monet
and Velázquez, as well as the author of Matisse and Erotica
Universalis.
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HOPPER
The first significant American
painter in 20th century art
Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is considered the first signifi-
cant American painter in 20th-century art. Living in a
secluded country house with his wife, Josephine, he depict-
ed the loneliness of big-city people in canvas after canvas.
Probably the most famous of them, Nighthawks, done in
1942, shows a couple seated quietly, as if turned inwards
upon themselves, in the harsh artificial light of an all-night
restaurant. Many of Hopper’s pictures represent views of
streets and roads, rooftops, abandoned houses, depicted in
brilliant light that strangely belies the melancholy mood of
the scenes. Hopper’s paintings are marked by striking juxta-
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positions of color, and by the clear contours with which the
figures are demarcated from their surroundings. His
extremely precise focus on the theme of modern men and
women in the natural and man-made environment some-
times lends his pictures a mood of eerie disquiet. In House
by the Railroad, a harsh interplay of light and shadow makes
the abandoned building seem veritably threatening. On the
other hand, Hopper’s renderings of rocky landscapes in
warm brown hues, or his depictions of the seacoast, exude
an unusual tranquillity that reveals another, more optimistic
side of his character.
HOPPER
Ivo Kranzfelder / Hardcover, format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.),
200 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5129–9 / English 3–8228–5012–8
French 3–8228–5011–X / German 3–8228–5009–8
Italian 3–8228–5206–6 / Portuguese 3–8228–5207–4
Spanish 3–8228–5010–1
ONLY 4 9.99 / $ 12.99
£ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
The author: Born in Augsburg, Germany, in 1958, Ivo
Kranzfelder studied art history and history in Munich,
writing his dissertation on the link between Surrealism and
contemporary fashion photography. Since 1986 he has
published numerous articles in art journals, and catalogue
essays on modern and contemporary art, as well as on
photography. His book on George Grosz was published by
TASCHEN in 1993. That year he took a teaching post at the
University of Munich, where he lives as a freelance author.
KLIMT

The Kiss of Klimt

The most fascinating painter of Vienna’s Belle Epoque

Gustav Klimt’s art is thoroughly fin de siècle. It expresses
the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna’s upper-middle-class
society—a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic
awareness and the cult of pleasure. The ecstatic joy which
Klimt (1862–1918) and his contemporaries found—or
hoped to find—in beauty was constantly overshadowed by
death, and death therefore plays an important role in Klimt’s
art. Klimt’s fame, however, rests on his reputation as one
of the greatest erotic painters and graphic artists of his
times. Particularly his drawings, which have been widely
admired for their artistic excellence, are dominated by the
erotic portrayal of women. Klimt saw the world “in female
form.” Author Gottfried Fliedl also discusses the Secession
movement and Klimt’s role within this important group of
artists.
The author: After studying art history in Vienna and
Marburg, Gottfried Fliedl accepted a lectureship at the
Academy of Applied Art in Vienna, where he taught for
10 years before becoming a lecturer in museology at the
Universities of Klagenfurt and Vienna.
KLIMT
Gottfried Fliedl / Hardcover, format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.),
240 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5130–2 / English 3–8228–5016–0
French 3–8228–5015–2 / German 3–8228–5013–6
Portuguese 3–8228–5208–2 / Spanish 3–8228–5014–4
ONLY 4 9.99 / $ 12.99
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MATISSE
An indispensable work
of reference about this lodestar
of modern art
The extraordinary significance of the painter and sculptor
Henri Matisse in the history of modern art, but also his influ-
ence, was no less decisive than that of his main rival, Pablo
Picasso. In fact, Matisse’s stylistic liberation actually goes
one step further in the pursuit of his own personal goal—
the perfect synthesis of line and color—by which he sought
revolutionary approaches to the great tradition of French
painting by drawing upon its classical aspects. For those
who wish to know more about this lodestar of modern art
and follow the adventurous path of his creative career, this
publication is surely the most comprehensive and informa-
tive source available. Lavishly illustrated, its authoritative
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“A pleasurable introduction to
Matisse’s work, while its wealth of
illustrations will make it a worthy
reference book to add to the more
serious library.”—The Art Book, London
commentaries trace the artist’s search for balance, purity
and serenity, from the chromatic brilliance of his Fauve
period, through his travels, the Orient, geometric synthesis
(it was he who introduced Picasso to African art by giving
him his first mask), and the odalisques to the final triumph
when, at the age of eighty, he invented his gouache cut-outs
that culminated in his illustrations for Jazz and allowed him
to achieve his goal of sculpting in paint just as a sculptor
works in stone. Matisse is widely acknowledged as an artist
whose canvases are extremely difficult to reproduce in print.
With this in mind, each work presented here has been
painstakingly compared with the respective original, in close
MATISSE
Gilles Néret / Hardcover, format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 256 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5131–0 / English 3–8228–5020–9
French 3–8228–5019–5 / German 3–8228–5017–9
Italian 3–8228–5209–0 / Portuguese 3–8228–5210–4
Spanish 3–8228–5018–7
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collaboration with the artist’s grandson, Claude Duthuit. The
bard of color deserves no less.
The author: Gilles Néret (1933–2005) was an art historian,
journalist, writer, and museum correspondent. He organized
several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU
museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He edited art
reviews such as L’Œil and Connaissance des Arts and re-
ceived the Elie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications.
Néret is the editor of TASCHEN’s catalogues raisonnés of
the works of Monet and Velázquez, as well as the author of
Dalí – The Paintings and Erotica Universalis.
MONET

Strokes of genius
The magic of Monet

Claude Monet (1840–1926) was both the most typical and
the most individual painter associated with the Impressionist
movement. His long life and extraordinary work were dedi-
cated to a pictorial exploration of the sensations which
reality, and in particular landscape, offer the human eye.
Monet’s poplars, grain stacks, Rouen Cathedral, and water-
lily paintings—among the most beloved works of the
Impressionist period—were created long before the currents
of the contemporary avant-garde and had an inestimable
influence on the development of modern art. This book
traces the life’s work of one of art history’s most beloved
painters.
The author: Karin Sagner-Düchting studied art history,
modern German literature, and classical archaeology at
Munich University. She received her doctorate in 1983 with
a thesis on Claude Monet’s water lily paintings and was
academic assistant at the Bayerische Staatsgemälde-
sammlungen until 1988. Based in Munich, she researches
and publishes in the field of 19th-century art.
MONET
Karin Sagner-Düchting / Hardcover, format: 24 x 30 cm
(9.4 x 11.8 in.), 220 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5132–9 / English 3–8228–5024–1
French 3–8228–5023–3 / German 3–8228–5021–7
Portuguese 3–8228–5212–0 / Spanish 3–8228–5022–5
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PICASSO
The genius
of the century
“I wanted to be a painter, and I became Picasso,” declared
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) in an apt survey of a tri-
umphant career. He had good grounds for the confidence
palpable in his statement, for in the history of 20th-century
art, his name stands out over all the others. In Picasso’s
paintings, drawings, lithographs, ceramics, and sculptures,
he was tirelessly inventive and innovative, exhibiting an aes-
thetic bravado that kept him one step ahead of his contem-
poraries. From subject matter to new forms and techniques
to new media, Picasso got there first. The Spanish artist’s
enormous output, from the eight-year-old’s beginnings to
the late work of a man of ninety-one, is surely one of the
most diverse and creatively energetic in the whole history
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of art, and it is no exaggeration to see him as the genius of
the century. Carsten-Peter Warncke’s study is a thorough
review of Picasso’s entire oeuvre, from the early Blue and
Rose Periods, through the Analytic and Synthetic Cubism
and Classicist phase of the all the way up to the art of the
old savage Picasso.
The author: Carsten-Peter Warncke studied art history,
classical archaeology, and literature in Vienna, Heidelberg,
and Hamburg, and received his doctorate from the latter in
1975. He is professor of art history at the University of
Göttingen.
PICASSO
Carsten-Peter Warncke / Ed. Ingo F. Walther / Hardcover,
format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 240 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5133–7 / English 3–8228–5028–4
French 3–8228–5027–6 / German 3–8228–5025–X
Portuguese 3–8228–5213–9 / Spanish 3–8228–5026–8
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The editor: Ingo F. Walther was born in Berlin and studied
medieval studies, literature, and art history in Frankfurt am
Main and Munich. He has published numerous books on the
art of the Middle Ages and of the 19th and 20th centuries,
including TASCHEN’s Vincent van Gogh, and Codices
Illustres.
SYMBOLISM
A key movement
in modern art
“To clothe the idea in perceptible form,” proposed the poet
Jean Moréas in his 1886 Manifesto of Symbolism. It was in
France and Belgium, the cradles of literary Symbolism, that
Symbolist painting was born. It plunged headlong into the
cultural space opened up by the poetry of Baudelaire and
Mallarmé and by the operas of Wagner. Symbolist painters
sought not to represent appearances but to express “the
Idea,” and the imaginary therefore plays an important part in
their work. “Dream” was their credo; they execrated, with a
fanatical hatred, impressionism, realism, naturalism, and the
scientistic. The main principle of Symbolism, that of “corre-
spondences,” was to attain harmony between all the different
arts, or even to realize the total work of art (Gesamtkunst-
“A book that takes the reader
on a journey through
an imaginary museum.”
—La Libre Belgique, Brussels
werk) that Wagner had dreamt of creating. What we redis-
cover today, after a period of neglect, is this: Symbolist paint-
ing is essential to our understanding of modern art, not only
because it spread across the world like wildfire, creating dis-
ciples from Russia to the United States, from Northern
Europe to the Mediterranean, but because it was the source
of a series of mutations without which modern art would not
be what it is.
The author: Michael Gibson is an independent scholar and
philosopher (currently editor-in-chief of UNESCO's World
Heritage Review) who has been writing on art over the past
thirty years for numerous publications, including the
SYMBOLISM
Michael Gibson / Ed. Gilles Néret / Hardcover,
format: 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 256 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5134–5 / English 3–8228–5032–2
French 3–8228–5031–4 / German 3–8228–5029–2
Italian 3–8228–5215–5 / Portuguese 3–8228–5214–7
Spanish 3–8228–5030–6
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International Herald-Tribune. He has published numerous
books, among them studies of Bruegel, Gauguin, Duchamp
and Calder.
The editor: Gilles Néret (1933–2005) was an art historian,
journalist, writer, and museum correspondent. He organized
several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU
museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He edited art
reviews such as L’Œil and Connaissance des Arts and
received the Elie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications.
Néret is the editor of TASCHEN’s catalogues raisonnés of the
works of Monet and Velázquez, as well as the author of
Matisse and Erotica Universalis.
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40 ARCHITECTS AROUND 40
The next wave
Architecture’s future stars
Who are the Norman Fosters, Richard Meiers, and Tadao
Andos of tomorrow? Discover the next generation of design-
ers who are already starting to shape the future of architec-
ture for the new millennium, redefining the relationships
between culture, environment, structure, and space. Taking
their inspiration from visions of the future and traces of the
past, these are the people who are defining the aesthetics of
tomorrow's architecture. Some of the architects featured,
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“A joyous collection of exciting works
in this book, fuelled by the inspiration of
youth and unfettered by the cynicism
of middle years.” —The Guardian, London
such as Shigeru Ban of Japan and Ben van Berkel from
Holland, have already gained critical acclaim for their work.
The rest, such as Marc Barani and Aranda Pigem Vilalta, are
waiting in the wings.
The author: Jessica Cargill Thompson completed her
studies at Durham University, England, in 1989. Since then,
she has worked as a freelance journalist and writer for
40 ARCHITECTS AROUND 40
Jessica Cargill Thompson / Softcover, flaps, format: 14 x 19.5 cm
(5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions: English/French/German 3–8228–5033–0
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5034–9
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magazines such as Building Design, Building, Wallpaper*,
Time Out, Space, FX, and the RIBA Journal. In 1995 she
was honored as International Building Press’s Journalist of
the Year, and in 1996 she was shortlisted as their
Architectural Writer of the Year.
ALCHEMY & MYSTICISM
A fantastic journey through
the history of esoteric lore
The great work of the alchemists
The Hermetic Museum takes its readers on a magical mys-
tery tour spanning an arc from the medieval cosmogram
and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascinating
world of alchemy to the art of the Romantic era. The enig-
matic hieroglyphs of cabbalists, Rosicrucians and freemasons
are shown to be closely linked with the early scientific illus-
trations in the fields of medicine, chemistry, optics and
color theory.
“This compendium captures
the incredibly rich artistic tradition of
alchemy, from medieval woodcuts
to the illustrations of William Blake.”
—Seattle Weekly, Seattle
ALCHEMY & MYSTICISM
Alexander Roob / Softcover, flaps, format: 14 x 19.5 cm
(5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5135–3 / English 3–8228–5038–1
French 3–8228–5037–3 / German 3–8228–5035–7
Portuguese 3–8228–5216–3 / Spanish 3–8228–5036–5
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The author: Alexander Roob studied painting at the
University of Fine Arts, Berlin. From 2000 to 2002, he was
a professor at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg. He
has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart
since 2002.
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ENCYCLOPAEDIA ANATOMICA
Let’s get physical
Ultra-realistic wax anatomies
From the eccentric Museo La Specola in Florence comes this
amazing collection of waxworks depicting the human anato-
my in all its dazzling complexity. A selection of wax bodies
and body part and organ studies from the museum’s collec-
tion is presented here; from skeletons to vein structures,
organs to nerves, and arteries to the delicate pores of the
skin, the human body is mapped out in meticulous and exact-
ing detail. Texts explaining the human anatomy in laypersons’
terms and exploring the historical and cultural significance of
the wax figures complete this “total body experience.”
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“An excellent and accurate book,
altogether very beautiful.”
—Pixel, Paris
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ANATOMICA
Museo La Specola, Florence / Marta Poggesi / Monika von Düring
Softcover, flaps, format: 14 x 19.5 cm
(5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions: English/French/German 3–8228–5039–X
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5040–3
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The authors:
Monika von Düring is Professor of Neuroanatomy at the
Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. Her concise medical
explanations help to guide both the expert and the general
reader through this graphic encyclopaedia of anatomy.
Marta Poggesi is a biologist, and has been curator of the
Museo Zoologico La Specola since 1969. Parallel to research
projects, she manages and catalogues the zoological collec-
tion, to which the anatomical wax bodies and parts belong.
ARCHITECTURAL THEORY
Of buildings and men
Architects on their favorite subject
If you’ve ever wondered what goes through architects’ minds
when they design buildings, you’ll be happy to know that
there’s no shortage of brilliant reading material to satisfy your
curiosity. Wading through the archives at your local library
may prove fruitful to your endeavor, but it won’t give you the
instant gratification that Architecture Theory will. This book
brings together all of the most important and influential
essays about architecture written since the Renaissance,
copiously illustrated and neatly organized chronologically
by country. From Alberti and Palladio to Le Corbusier and
“Outstandingly
knowledgeable and
well-written.”
—Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt am Main
Koolhaas, the best treatises by architecture’s greatest mas-
ters are gathered here, each accompanied by an essay dis-
cussing its historical context and significance. This is the all-
in-one, must-have book for anyone interested in what archi-
tects have to say about their craft.
The comprehensive overview that will help transform
even the most uninformed novices into well-informed
connoisseurs!
ARCHITECTURAL THEORY
Bernd Evers / Ed. Christof Thoenes / Softcover, flaps,
format: 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions: English 3–8228–5085–3 / French 3–8228–5084–5
German 3–8228–5082–9 / Italian 3–8228–5220–1
Portuguese 3–8228–5221–X / Spanish 3–8228–5083–7
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The authors: Christof Thoenes studied art history in Berlin
and Pavia, before completing his doctorate in Berlin. He has
contributed to numerous publications on Italian art, particu-
larly on architecture and architectural theory of the 15th to
18th centuries. Bernd Evers completed his doctorate in art
history before embarking on a career as a librarian; since
1985 he has been director of the Kunstbibliothek der
Staatlichen Museen in Berlin. He has published numerous
articles on book and library studies.
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DECORATIVE ART 60s
Pop and space age
interiors
TASCHEN's Decorative Arts series, whose six installments
span the 20th century up through the 1970s, carefully
reproduces the best of Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook.
Published annually from 1906 until 1980, the yearbook was
dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors,
furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and
ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the now
hard-to-find yearbooks have become highly prized by col-
lectors and dealers. Preserving the yearbooks' original page
layouts, TASCHEN's Decorative Arts books bring you the
authentic experience of each decade's design trends and
styles.
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“This fully illustrated reference manual
will prove to be an indispensable tool
for collectors: names are named, designs
praised and accusations made.”
—San Francisco Examiner Magazine, San Francisco
Decorative Arts 1960s looks at the birth of pop in a decade
of unprecedented social, sexual, and political change. All the
restless energies bubbling throughout the world during the
1960s made their way into the design style of the decade.
Liberation was in the air, men were rushing to the moon,
and the sky was the limit as far as visual creativity was con-
cerned. The concept of lifestyle really came into its own, and
although the early years of the decade still saw a rivalry
between the well-crafted object and industrial manufacture,
by its end both ethnic and pop iconography had gained
equal foothold in the aesthetic. Light was also predominant
in shaping interiors. Freedom of choice and personal expres-
DECORATIVE ART 60s
Eds. Charlotte & Peter Fiell / Softcover, flaps, format: 15.1 x 19.4 cm
(5.9 x 7.6 in.), 576 pp.
Editions: English/French/German 3–8228–5041–1
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sion were the buzzwords for the young consumer, and so
the likes of Pasmore, Panton, Safdie, Sottsass, Paolozzi, and
Lomazzi did what they could to oblige.
The editors: Charlotte and Peter Fiell run a design con-
sultancy in London specializing in the sale, acquisition, study
and promotion of design artifacts. They have lectured widely,
curated a number of exhibitions, and written numerous
articles and books on design and designers, including
TASCHEN’s 1000 Lights, 1000 Chairs, Design of the 20th
Century, Industrial Design A-Z, Designing the 21st Century,
and Scandinavian Design.
DECORATIVE ART 70s
Experimental futurist decor
This volume spotlights the futuristic, experimental aesthetic
of the 1970s. After the revolutions of the ‘60s, the world of
design and architecture became an increasingly exciting and
fast-moving hotbed of ideas, rife with vehemently opposing
schools and movements. In many ways it was a more ex-
treme era for design than the previous decade.
Experimentalism was everywhere, and many projects, though
not practical, were forward-thinking visions of a new kind
of decorative art and design. Various groups advocated
returning to natural methods, rejecting style in favor of craft
or pushing the logic of industrial living to its concrete, high-
rise extreme. Decorative Arts 1970s includes the work of the
“The book succeeds both as serious
reference tool and endlessly enjoyable
browsing material.” —The Register-Guard, USA
decade’s brightest stars, such as Afra and Tobia Scarpa, DECORATIVE ART 70s
Luigi Coltani, Ettore Sottsass, Achille Castiglioni, Kisho Eds. Charlotte & Peter Fiell / Softcover, flaps, format: 15.1 x 19.4 cm
Kurokawa, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, and Theo Crosby. (5.9 x 7.6 in.), 576 pp.
Editions: English/French/German 3–8228–5043–8
The editors: Charlotte J. and Peter M. Fiell run a design Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5044–6
consultancy in London specializing in the sale, acquisition,
study and promotion of design artifacts. They have lectured
widely, curated a number of exhibitions, and written numer-
ONLY 4 9.99 / $ 12.99
ous articles and books on design and designers, including £ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
TASCHEN’s 1000 Lights, 1000 Chairs, Design of the 20th
Century, Industrial Design A-Z, Designing the 21st Century,
and Scandinavian Design.
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IMPRESSIONISM
The full scope of
Impressionist painting
This monograph covers the full scope of Impressionist
painting. It outlines the history of Impressionism in France,
addressing not only the work of the acknowledged masters,
but also that of such unjustly neglected artists as Bazille,
Caillebotte, Berthe Morisot or Lucien Pissarro. The
monograph also examines the Impressionist movements
that emerged in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany,
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“This is the definitive guide
to the Impressionist movement.”
—The Good Book Guide, London
Scandinavia, Eastern and South-East Europe, Italy, Spain,
Britain and North America. A 64-page “Directory of
Impressionism” is appended, containing bibliographies,
portraits and biographical data on all 236 artists.
IMPRESSIONISM
Ed. Ingo F. Walther / Softcover, flaps,
format: 14.8 x 19.5 cm (5.8 x 7.7 in.), 704 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5136–1 / English 3–8228–5053–5
French 3–8228–5050–0 / German 3–8228–5051–9
Portuguese 3–8228–5217–1 / Spanish 3–8228–5052–7
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The editor: Ingo F. Walther was born in Berlin and
studied medieval studies, literature and art history in
Frankfurt am Main and Munich. He has published widely
on literature and art, and presently lives in Alling, near
Munich.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN A–Z

Where beauty meets

function
“This is an excellent study,
well-presented and with beautiful
photography.”
—Antique Dealer Newspaper, London

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN A–Z

Charlotte & Peter Fiell / Softcover, flaps, 14 x 19.5 cm
(5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pp.
Editions
English 3–8228–5057–8 / French 3–8228–5056–X
German 3–8228–5054–3 / Italian 3–8228–5265–1
Spanish 3–8228–5055–1

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If you take even the slightest interest in the design of your
toothbrush, the history behind your washing machine, or the
evolution of the telephone, you'll take an even greater inter-
est in this new book. Individual designers and design firms
can be referenced directly via the A-Z of Industrial Design
section; here you'll find the likes of Enzo Ferrari, Philippe
Starck, Zanussi and Apple Computer, among many others.
Exploding with color, aesthetic, and style, Industrial Design
is both informative and fun; you'll have a hard time putting
it down. An invaluable reference book!
The authors: Charlotte and Peter Fiell run a design con-
sultancy in London specializing in the sale, acquisition, study
and promotion of design artifacts. They have lectured widely,
curated a number of exhibitions, and written numerous
articles and books on design and designers, including
TASCHEN’s 1000 Lights, 1000 Chairs, Design of the 20th
Century, Designing the 21st Century, and Scandinavian
Design.

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VAN GOGH – THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS
The complete van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh’s story is one of the most ironic in art
history. He lived an unhappy and difficult life during
which his work received almost no appreciation—finally
killing himself by a bullet to the chest, so great was his
despair—and is now widely considered one of the most
important painters of all time, his works fetching record
prices of tens of millions of dollars at auction. This compre-
hensive study of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) represents
a rarity in art history: a detailed monograph on his life and
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art combined with a complete catalogue of his 871 paint-
ings. This volume also reproduces most of van Gogh's
paintings in color for the first time.
The editor: Ingo F. Walther was born in Berlin and
studied medieval studies, literature and art history in
Frankfurt am Main and Munich. He has published widely
on literature and art, and presently lives in Alling, near
Munich.
VAN GOGH – THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS
Ingo F. Walther / Rainer Metzger / Softcover, flaps,
format: 14.8 x 19.5 mm (5.8 x 7.7 in.), 736 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5137–X / English 3–8228–5068–3
French 3–8228–5067–5 / German 3–8228–5065–9
Italian 3–8228–5218–X / Portuguese 3–8228–5219–8
Japanese 4–88783–292–3 / Spanish 3–8228–5066–7
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The author: Rainer Metzger studied art history, history
and German studies in Munich and Augsburg. He received
his doctorate in 1994, and has worked as a fine arts
journalist for the Viennese newspaper Der Standard. He
has written numerous books on art and music, including
volumes on Chagall, John Cage, and Erik Satie.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF ADVERTISING – THE 70s
Discofunkalicious
An overview of the decade that spawned glam rock and The Brady Bunch
Both eclipsed and influenced by television, American print
ads of the 1970s departed from the bold, graphic forms and
subtle messages that were typical of their 60’s counterparts.
More literal, more in-your-face, 70s ads sought to capture
the attention of a public accustomed to blaring, to-the-point
TV commercials (even VW ads, known for their witty, ironic
statements and minimalist designs, lost some of their punch
in the 1970s). All was not lost, though; as ads are a sign
of the times, racial and ecological awareness crept into
everything from cigarette to car advertisements, reminding
Americans that everyday products were hip to the modern
“This edition provides
a wonderful selection of the
kitsch and the bizarre.”
—Creative Review, London
age. By the end of the decade, print ads had begun to
recoup, gaining in originality and creativity as they focused
on target audiences through carefully chosen placement in
smaller publications. A fascinating study of mass culture
dissemination in a post-hippie, television-obsessed nation,
this weighty volume delivers an exhaustive and nostalgic
overview of 70s advertising.
The editor: Jim Heimann is a resident of Los Angeles, a
graphic designer, writer, historian, and instructor at Art
Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He is the
THE GOLDEN AGE OF ADVERTISING – THE 70s
Steven Heller / Ed. Jim Heimann / Hardcover, format: 16.7 x 21.7 cm
(6.6 x 8.5 in.), 352 pp.
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author of numerous books on architecture, popular culture,
and Hollywood history.
The author: Steven Heller is art director of the New York
Times Book Review and co-chair of the MFA/Design pro-
gram at the School of Visual Arts. He is the author and editor
of over 80 books on graphic design and popular culture.
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JAPANESE GRAPHICS NOW!
Big in Japan
Exploding with eye-popping originality and freshness, today’s
best Japanese graphics have been gathered together to
make this must-have guide to contemporary aesthetics in
Japan. With their unique perspective, the Japanese have a
way of looking at the world that has long been a source of
great interest for the Western mind. Here, Japan’s most tal-
ented creative professionals strut their stuff in the form of
posters, advertisements, print media, visual identity, and
print design. Divided into chapters by media type, this highly
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“It’s a candy box of colour,
cool shapes and mighty manga.”
—Kultureflash.com, London
visual guide presents a diverse selection of graphics and
includes an index of designers.
The editors: Julius Wiedemann was born and raised in
Brazil. After studying graphic design and marketing, he
moved to Japan, where he worked in Tokyo as art editor for
digital and design magazines. Since joining TASCHEN in
Cologne, he has been building up TASCHEN’s digital and
media collection with titles such as Animation Now!, and
JAPANESE GRAPHICS NOW!
Eds. Gisela Kozak, Julius Wiedemann / Hardcover,
format: 17.1 x 21.7 cm (6.7 x 8.5 in.), 352 pp.
Editions: English/French/German 3–8228–5088–8
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5087–X
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TASCHEN’s 1000 Favorite Websites. Gisela Kozak was
born in Argentina, where she got her degree in industrial
design. After completing graduate studies in packaging, she
moved to Japan to pursue a PhD in packaging. She also
works for an advertisement company and has published
several articles about Japanese packaging.
BEST MOVIES OF THE 70s
The birth of the blockbuster
The prodigies of the 1970s revolutionize cinema
The 1970s: that magical era betwixt the swinging 60s and the
decadent 80s, the epoch of leisure suits and Afros, the age
of disco music and platform shoes. As war raged on in Viet-
nam and the cold war continued to escalate, Hollywood began
to heat up, recovering from its commercial crisis with box-
office successes such as Star Wars, The Exorcist, and The
Godfather. Thanks to directors like Spielberg and Lucas,
American cinema gave birth to a new phenomenon: the
blockbuster. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, while the Nouvelle
Vague died out in France, its influence extended to Germany,
where the New German Cinema of Fassbinder, Wenders, and
Herzog had its heyday. The sexual revolution made its way to
the silver screen (cautiously in the US, more freely in Europe)
“... it’s handsome, often sexy, pictures
provoking dark, wistful longings for cinema
that recently was but no longer is.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Los Angeles
BEST MOVIES OF THE 70s
Jürgen Müller / Hardcover, format: 17.1 x 21.7 cm
(6.7 x 8.5 in.), 352 pp.
Editions: Dutch 3–8228–5138–8 / English 3–8228–5092–6
French 3–8228–5091–8 / German 3–8228–5089–6
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most notably in Bertolucci’s steamy, scandalous Last Tango A-Z film entries include:
in Paris. Amidst all this came a wave of nostalgic films • Synopsis
(American Graffiti) and Vietnam pictures (Apocalypse Now) • Film stills and production photos
the rise of the anti-hero (Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Dustin • Cast/crew listings
Hoffman), and the prestigious short-lived genre, blaxploitation. • Box office figures
• Trivia
The editor: Jürgen Müller studied art history in Bochum, • Useful information on technical stuff
Paris, Pisa, and Amsterdam. He has worked as an art critic, a • Actor and director bios
curator of numerous exhibitions, a visiting professor at various
universities, and has published books and numerous articles
on cinema and art history. Currently he holds the chair in art
history at the University of Dresden, where he lives. Müller
is the editor of TASCHEN's Movies decade series.
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PIRANESI – THE ETCHINGS
The great 18th century
architectural artist and master
engraver
“Piranesi was as savage as Salvator Rosa, fierce as
Michelangelo, and exuberant as Rubens… he has imagined
scenes that would startle geometry and exhaust the
Indies to realize.” —Horace Walpole
One of the greatest architectural artists of all time, and cer-
tainly the most famous copper engraver of the 18th century,
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) is best known for
his terrifyingly original series of etchings of labyrinthine and
megalomaniac prisons, Carceri d'Invenzione. In his own day,
he was most celebrated for his Vedute, 137 etchings of
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ancient and modern Rome; so renowned were these star-
tling and dramatic chiaroscuro images, imbued with
Piranesi’s romantic feeling for archaeological ruins, that they
formed the mental picture of Rome for generations after.
Indeed, Piranesi could be said to have shaped a whole strain
of contemporary architecture, as well as the wider visualiza-
tion of antiquity itself. In our time, he has had a direct influ-
ence on writers such as Borges and Kafka and on filmmak-
ers such as Terry Gilliam and Peter Greenaway. Anyone who
contemplates Piranesi's etchings will confront the existential
nightmare of human existence and its infinite mysteries…
“An artistic
homage to a genius.”
—Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt a. M.
PIRANESI – THE ETCHINGS
Luigi Ficacci / Hardcover, format: 17.1 x 21.7 cm (6.7 x 8.5 in.),
352 pp.
Editions: English/French/German 3–8228–5094–2
Italian/Spanish/Portuguese 3–8228–5093–4
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The author: Luigi Ficacci studied art history in Rome under
Guilio Carlo Argan. He was curator at the Istituto Nazionale
per la Grafica in Rome and is today superintendent of the
cultural heritage in the region of Lucca. He lectures at differ-
ent Italian universities. The focal points of his research work
are the issues raised by 17th and 18th-century and contem-
porary Italian art. His book on Francis Bacon was published
by TASCHEN in 2003.
ROBOTS – SPACESHIPS & OTHER TIN TOYS
Tin toy mania!
Now that computer games have come to stay, tin toys have
become obsolete for today's children. For those of us who
remember them from times past, these tin toys can trans-
port us back to our childhoods; they call up a vision of a
time we thought we had already forgotten. They also bear
witness to history; they have survived wars and crises, and
tell us something of the fashions, colors and tendencies of
their times.
This book will be of special interest to anyone fascinated by
early space travel and technology, those who simply want to
wax nostalgic about a bygone era of their youth, and of
course to collectors and fans of 50s and 60s tin toys. The
roots of today’s toys can be seen in these precursors,
notably in the early transformer robots. Taken from collector
Teruhisa Kitahara's vast collection, which is on display in
many museums in Japan, the tin toys featured here are
quite rare and give a wonderful overview of this era in the
history of toys. A must for any toy lover!
ROBOTS – SPACESHIPS & OTHER TIN TOYS
Teruhisa Kitahara / Minoru Shimizu / Hardcover,
format: 15.5 x 21.7 cm (6.1 x 8.5 in.), 352 pp.
Editions: English/French/German 3–8228–5062–4
ONLY 4 9.99 / $ 12.99
£ 6.99 / ¥ 1.900
The author: Born in Tokyo, Teruhisa Kitahara graduated in
economics from Aoyama Gakuin University. He is one of the
world’s most famous tin toy-collectors, and Managing
Director of Toys Co. He has established seven tin toy-muse-
ums throughout Japan.
The photographer: Born 1944 in Tokyo, Yukio Shimizu
graduated in photography from The Art Center College of
Design. He is active in various areas of art, including com-
mercial films and magazines.
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