Monografia wieloautorska ukazuje sylwetkę Karola Irzykowskiego w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym, prezentując stosunek krytyka wobec Młodej Polski oraz jego interakcje z awangardą. Artykuły syntetyz...
Big ideas for small buildingsOver the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduce...
From Edouard Manet’s portrait of naturalist writer Émile Zola sitting among his Japanese art finds to Van Gogh’s meticulous copies of the Hiroshige prints he devotedly collected,...
In the architecture of Richard Neutra (1892–1970), inside and outside find their perfect modernist harmony. As the Californian sun glints off sleek building surfaces, vast glass panel walls a...
From the towering Sagrada Família to the shimmering, textured facade of Casa Batlló and the enchanting landscape of Park Güell, it’s easy to see why Antoni Gaudí (18...
Pin-up travels the long road from barracks wall to high artSince TASCHEN released The Great American Pin-up, international interest in this distinctly American art form has increased ex...
The sky’s the limit with these ingenious tree houses from around the worldThe idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as ...
The Kisokaido route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country’s then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous pass...
The power and glory of illuminated biblesIn the beginning was the word, and in the Middle Ages were kings, princes, and high-ranking religious members whose wealth and influence produced illu...
Helmut and June Newton's Legendary Joint ProjectA fifty-five-year history of life and loveThis is a photographic love story tracing the fifty-five years of collaboration, partners...
Through buildings of culture, science, and faith, and across his many famous bridges, explore the neofuturistic structures of Santiago Calatrava. This compact introduction explores the architect&rs...
An in-depth exploration of Bruegel’s painted workThe life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30–1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wa...
Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927–2013), pierwszy niekomunistyczny premier Polski po II wojnie światowej, był niewątpliwie ważną postacią polskiego życia publicznego drugiej połowy XX wieku. Powstała ...
Książka zawiera rozprawy poświęcone zwierzętom w kulturze staropolskiej – mówi o relacjach człowieka z przyrodą, o szacunku, jakim ją darzył, oraz jego empatii wobec wszystkich stworze...
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...
Pierwsze w skali międzynarodowej kompendium wiedzy na temat życia i twórczości rosyjskiego reżysera Andrieja Tarkowskiego (1932–1986), jednego z najwybitniejszych twórców...
Monografia jest próbą rekonstrukcji dziejów infrastruktury sportowej w międzywojennej Warszawie. Sport w Polsce tego okresu był dynamicznie rozwijającą się sferą życia społecznego. Po...
Religion, Renaissance, and Reformation—these three ideologies shaped the world of 16th-century portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543), a pivotal figure of the Northern Rena...
Although it only lasted three turbulent years, the afterburn of the Blaue Reiter (1911–1914) movement exerted a tremendous influence on the development of modern European art. Named after a K...
The Case Study House program (1945–1966) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Lo...