A history from early calculating machines to todayThe story of the evolution of machines in computer history is full of the disruptive innovations that have led to today’s world. From t...więcej »
Shaken, Not StirredThe most complete account of the making of the James Bond series“Bond, James Bond.” Since Sean Connery uttered those immortal words in 1962, the mos...więcej »
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The evolution of style from antiquity to 1888Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incis...więcej »
A catalogue raisonné of “the painter’s painter”Manet called him “the greatest painter of all.” Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece Las Meninas that...więcej »
Impossible staircases and startling ruins from Italy’s master engraverThe most famous 18th-century copper engraver, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) made his name with etchi...więcej »
Capitol Records – from 1942 to todayFrom the Beatles to Beck, Sinatra to Sam Smith, a parade of era-defining artists have passed through the doors of the Capitol Records Tower, one of H...więcej »
An encyclopedia of modern architectureWith almost 300 entries, this architectural A to Z offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. Covering modern a...więcej »
A building by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is at once unmistakably individual, and evocative of an entire era. Notable for their exceptional understanding of an organic environment, as well as fo...więcej »
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...więcej »
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...więcej »
Innovative, intimate architecture from China to ChileDesigning private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect. The scale may be more modest than public p...więcej »
The oxides, especially the transition metal oxides, are a most important class of inorganic materials, being enormously interesting for basic research in solid-state physics, surface physics, de...więcej »
Well before Andy Warhol’s rise to the pinnacle of Pop Art, he created and exhibited seductive drawings celebrating male beauty. Andy Warhol Love, Sex, & Desire: Drawings 1950-1962 feature...więcej »
From the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were happening in American architecture. Emerging talents were focusing on innovative projects that integrated at once modern desig...więcej »
Across small cottages and lavish villas, beach houses and forest refuges, discover the world’s finest crop of new homes. This cutting-edge global digest features such talents as Shigeru Ban, ...więcej »
In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany’s Bauhaus School of Art and Design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideas for the future, the school developed a pionee...więcej »
