Gleaned from thousands of images, this book offers the best of American print advertising in the age of the “Big Idea.” From the height of American consumerism, bold and colorful campai...
In 2007 TASCHEN released The New Erotic Photography, followed in 2012 by The New Erotic Photography 2. Each book featured hundreds of fresh and provocative images from the world's most intriguing e...
The vivid history of the capital of love and photographyA city built on two millennia of history, Paris is entering the third century of its love story with photography.It was on the banks of...
Piano, VirtuosoThe Italian master’s complete oeuvreRenzo Piano rose to international prominence with his co-design of the Pompidou Center in Paris, described by The New York...
Ren Hang, who took his life February 23, 2017 is an unlikely rebel. Slight of build, shy by nature, prone to fits of depression, the 28-year-old Beijing photographer was nonetheless at the forefron...
Albertus Seba’s unrivalled catalog of animals, insects and plantsThe Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievements and remains ...
A Life in TattoosHenk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection of the Art and Its Makers, 1730s–1970sOne part history book, one part art book, and one part fascinating memoir...
One Big Slice of CheesecakePin-up travels the long road from barracks wall to high artSince TASCHEN released The Great American Pin-up, international interest in this distinctly A...
It’ll knock both your eyes out!Some call it the American obsession, but men everywhere recognize the hypnotic allure of a large and shapely breast. In The Big Book of Breasts, Dia...
The End Was NighAwesome apocalyptic visions of the 16th centuryThe Book of Miracles first surfaced only a few years ago and is one of the most spectacular discoveries in the field...
A photo tribute to our four-pawed friendsIn celebration of the world’s favorite animal, we bring you over 400 photographs of or about dogs. With pictures from the 19th century to today,...
A comprehensive look at hundreds of graphic worksThrough the turbulent passage of time, graphic design—with its vivid, neat synthesis of image and idea—has distilled the spirit of...
Her coat is so warm, and now so affordable!From the time The Big Penis Book was published, readers anticipated The Big Book of Pussy. Granted, perhaps not the same readers, but the seed had b...
How can we pack so much big booty into such a tiny and inexpensive package? Sorry, but it's a trade secret we can't divulge, except to say that shoehorns and spandex were involved. The original Big...
“Sirs” begins the missive from our imaginary correspondent. “It’s not that I don’t love your original Big Penis Book, but that, perhaps, I love it too much. I now beco...
Leather-clad outlaws with power between their legsIn 1953 Marlon Brando donned a black leather Perfecto motorcycle jacket, military cap, denim jeans, and engineer boots to portray Johnny, sne...
As a boy, Tom’s first crush was a strapping young farmhand who worked the fields around his family home. Finland is a land of tough physical men, catching fish in the icy sea; cutting logs in...
Tom’s take on policemen and criminalsTom’s taste for police officers and felons—and for sexual tension between the two—developed late in his career. “I’ve ...
Tom’s iconic images of hypermasculine military menWhen we think Tom of Finland we first picture muscular, macho young men in military gear. Tom’s vision of masculine perfection wa...
Martin Luther’s revolutionary publicationMartin Luther’s Bible, first printed in 1534, was not only a milestone for the printing press, but also a momentous event in world history...