Making sense of revolutionary new formsAbstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audie...
This striking and innovative collection of jazz covers presents the designs that defined a sound. Containing record covers from the 1940s through to the early 1990s, each reproduction is accompanie...
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,...
Portrait of an ArtistA comprehensive chronicle of David Hockney’s life and workPop artist, painter of modern life, landscape painter, master of color, explorer of image and percep...
Design trends and styles of the 1950sPublished annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, l...
Tadao Ando’s complete works from 1975 until todayDiscover the unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline’s four most prestigious prizes: th...
The essential reference on Salvador Dalí’s painted oeuvreAt the age of six, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napol...
A unique language of symbols, literature, and lightWith meticulous theories and many thousands of paintings, drawings, and watercolors, Paul Klee (1879–1940) is considered one of the mo...
Temporary Projects, Eternal ImpressionsThe XXL exploration, now in a condensed handbookThe works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are monuments of transience. Gigantic in scale, they ...
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...
Often imitated but never equaled, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future realist painters. With its unprecedented precision and mas...
Sportive gentlemen, lascivious ladies: Since the earliest days of photography, people have been getting up to all manner of rannygazoo in front of the lens. This collection presents the finest high...
It was an age of mighty heroes, misunderstood monsters, and complex villains. With the publication of Fantastic Four No. 1 in November 1961, comics giant Marvel inaugurated a transformative era in ...
The Mediterranean is surrounded by three continents – Europe, Africa and Asia – and even though the cultures around this sea are highly diverse, they harmoniously share a pleasant clima...
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...
As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of t...
Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a German-born biologist, naturalist, evolutionist, artist, philosopher, and doctor who spent his life researching flora and fauna from the highest mountaintops t...
Decades’ worth of images have been distilled down to 512 pages of photographs in this ultimate retrospective collection of Nobuyoshi Araki's work, selected by the artist himself.F...
On November 18, 1928, the world’s most famous Mouse made his very first public debut. Today, we celebrate 90+ years of Mickey in one of the most expansive illustrated publications on the Disn...
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...